"Rin... I think I've heard that name before. Who exactly is Rin?"
Kallen couldn't help asking.
"Rin... was Sakura's younger sister. She was also the girl the villagers of Yae Village offered as a sacrifice several years ago..."
It took Xu Yanwu a long time to tell Kallen about Rin and everything that had happened back then.
"So something like that happened too? Those villagers..."
Kallen clenched the Fairy Bow in her hand, seemingly angered by what had happened.
"But who exactly are you? Why were you in Yae Village? Why did those villagers worship you? And why are you so concerned about Sakura and the others..."
Kallen's barrage of questions left Xu Yanwu with no time to answer. In the end, he helplessly covered his face with one hand and stopped Kallen with the other.
"Wait a moment. One question at a time."
"Let me introduce myself first. I'm Xu Yanwu."
As Xu Yanwu said this, his expression became solemn. "Long ago, I was one of the guardians of the Land of Shenzhou. More than four thousand years ago, during a battle against an unimaginably powerful Honkai Beast and the Honkai Consciousness, I exhausted all my strength and my body entered a dormant state... That is the Jade Statue worshipped by Yae Village."
"The Honkai Consciousness?!"
Kallen was startled. This mysterious man before her had actually fought the Honkai Consciousness?
"Don't interrupt me yet."
Xu Yanwu glanced at Kallen and continued, "And that Jade Ring you brought from the Land of Shenzhou was my heart... entrusted by me to Chi Yuan, another guardian of the Land of Shenzhou."
At this point, Xu Yanwu fell silent for a moment before asking Kallen, "For my heart to end up in your hands... something happened to Chi Yuan, didn't it...?"
Kallen nodded,