That evening, they had already passed through White Cloud Continent.
Walking through the mountain forest, Fang Che felt somewhat lost.
This was the road where he had encountered Sun Yuan on the Wind and Snow Road.
Fang Che still remembered that there had been a large tree cut down beside the road. Part of Sun Yuan's remains had been found beneath that tree stump.
So Fang Che had been keeping a special eye out.
At last, he found that half of the stump.
The broken top had already sprouted a tangle of branches, transforming the great tree into something resembling a shrub.
The foliage was lush.
Under the setting sun, it reflected a golden, glittering radiance. It caught the eye, seeming almost to have something leaping within it.
"The branches are already as thick as arms."
Fang Che stroked the branches and smiled faintly. His divine sense drifted away, as if he had returned to that snowy, windswept night.
He gently cleared away some of the extra branches, then crushed a small piece of Spirit Crystal and scattered the powder beneath the tree.
He cleared away several nearby trees that blocked the tree's sunlight, tidying up the crown.
Fang Che took several steps back and smiled.
"I hope you grow once more into a great tree, one capable of standing against natural disasters and sheltering people from wind and rain!"
Fang Che bowed deeply.
Yan Beihan and Bi Yunyan stood off to the side, watching from afar.
Neither said a word.
Only after they set out again did Yan Beihan ask, "Was this where Master Sun... died in battle?"
"That's right. It was here. Heart Burning Great Art!"
Fang Che said flatly, "After he died, Li Mengyun and the others cut off his head, sliced open his body, and even