A trace of longing flashed through Liu Chen's eyes.
He had never lacked anything, yet now he had set his heart on this girl alone, even beginning to cultivate diligently for her sake.
Now, the three-year deadline had arrived.
It was time to go find her.
"Chen'er!"
A gentle voice drifted over from afar. Liu Chen followed it with his gaze, and upon seeing Qing Yan Jing and Liu Xi, he immediately leaped up lightly and walked toward them.
Liu Chen resembled Liu Xi in appearance, though he looked much more youthful, like a younger version of Liu Xi. Smiling, he said, "Mother, father."
Qing Yan Jing left Liu Xi behind and quickly stepped forward, warmly taking Liu Chen's hand as she spoke gently, "Chen'er, your dad and I discussed it. Did you suffer some kind of setback in the Spirit Road? Don't keep things bottled up inside. Seeing you like this all the time has made Mother very worried..."
With his hands behind his back, Liu Xi strolled over and glanced at the two of them, saying meaningfully, "It might not be a setback. Perhaps he's fallen for some family's daughter and has been pining after her all this time!"
Liu Xi was not some useless fool like Mu Feng. Liu Chen had inherited his bloodline and had been nourished by all sorts of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures even while still in his mother's womb. After he was born, he had been as sturdy as a young divine beast.
Let alone a bunch of little brats without spiritual energy—even experts at the Spiritual Wheel and Spirit Stage realms who possessed spiritual energy might not truly have been able to hurt him.
The stronger the expert, the more it was so for their descendants!
They were born exceptionally powerful,