Discovering the New Cosmos

Changsun Shenghai wore a smile as he said, "Junior Brother Xu, you hurried back only to leave again. Where are you headed?"

Xu Ying gave a hearty laugh and said, "I just saw Senior Brother return from outside as well. Where did Senior Brother go?"

He studied Changsun Shenghai. Looking straight at him, he seemed like the thief in the black cloth mask; looking sidelong, he still seemed like the thief in the black cloth mask. From every angle, he looked like a thief.

Changsun Shenghai said in surprise, "I've been in She'an Palace the whole time and never went out. Many junior brothers and sisters can testify to that. When did Junior Brother see me return from outside?"

For a moment, Xu Ying dared not be certain whether that masked man had been him. He asked in puzzlement, "Could I have mistaken the person? Where did Senior Brother go?"

Changsun Shenghai said, "I came to find you. Junior Brother, I obtained a fragmentary stone tablet, but it's missing a crucial part. I heard you possess another stone tablet, so I came to see whether the two could be joined into one."

Xu Ying stared at him with widened eyes.

Changsun Shenghai's eyes seemed to hold two warm springs. His gaze was gentle and moist as he smiled at Xu Ying.

Xu Ying said solemnly, "I do have an ancestral stone tablet here, and it's also incomplete. It has been passed down through my family to my generation, but we've never found the other half."

Changsun Shenghai said delightedly, "Take it out quickly. Perhaps our stone tablets are actually the same one!"

Xu Ying took out the other half of the stone tablet. Changsun Shenghai also took out his piece, and the two fitted them together. Xu Ying exclaimed in