"No... I'm just a little unaccustomed to this..." Gu Fei hurriedly said, her blush reaching the roots of her neck.
Seeing how reserved she was, I said, "How about just calling me Yun Mu? My appearance has only changed a little. You shouldn't mind, right?"
"I... I do mind. I can't call you Yun Mu. I'd better call you Saint Venerable... That's what they all call you." Gu Fei said.
"That works too. After all, it takes some time to get used to it. By the way, are your family doing well?" I couldn't help asking. I had known her parents and siblings, after all. I had to ask.
"Time has stretched on for far too long. Most of them have already been reincarnated one way or another. More than ten thousand years passed between my proving the Dao Heaven and arriving here, and who knows how many years have passed in the worlds below... Their descendants did continue for a time, but in the end, they all vanished into the dust of history..." A barely perceptible downturn appeared on Gu Fei's red lips.
Clearly, she was still suppressing her sorrow.
I comforted her, saying, "Over the endless years, things like this will happen again and again. Sometimes, when I think of old friends, I feel very sad too. So don't make things difficult for yourself. If you're sad, cry a little. It's not some grave offense."
"Later, when I was in the Proving Dao Heaven, I... I went to see them too, so it wasn't as painful anymore. Saint Venerable, you don't need to worry so much about me." Gu Fei hurriedly said, afraid that I would share her sorrow.
I smiled bitterly. "I miss Ye Jinyu and Ye Anquan too. They must have passed away long ago, right?