The woman wore fitted battle attire, her hair tied back, blood staining her face. She cut a valiant, dashing figure.
She was Situ Fang, whom Mo Hua had known long ago.
Back in Immortal City, Situ Fang, Zhang Lan, and Mo Hua had once gone together to catch a Flower-Plucking Thief.
In Nanyue City of Li Prefecture, Situ Fang, serving as a Diansi, had also investigated with Mo Hua, Senior Martial Brother, and Senior Martial Sister the case of the Lu Family Mine Cultivators' brutal deaths and the raising of Zombies.
In the blink of an eye, they had not seen each other for over a decade.
Situ Fang stared at Mo Hua in stunned disbelief for a long while before saying, "It really is... Mo Hua..."
Mo Hua smiled and nodded.
Situ Fang let out a long breath.
When she had seen that savage, razor-sharp Fireball Technique earlier, which had crushed more than ten Barbarian Elite Soldiers in a single exchange, she had thought some inscrutable senior master, neither wholly good nor evil, had intervened. Her heart had been filled with unease.
She had never expected the one who saved her to be that adorable Little Array Master she had known back then.
Situ Fang looked Mo Hua over.
He looked a little different from before. He had grown taller, and his features had matured; amid his refined looks was now a touch of striking handsomeness.
Yet his manner and bearing were still faintly the same as before. His eyes still held that heart-cleansing clarity.
The unfamiliarity on Situ Fang's face faded, replaced by an involuntary smile.
"Y-you are... Mo Hua?" The man beside her was equally stunned.
Mo Hua glanced at him, finding him somewhat unfamiliar.
Situ Fang said, "This is Situ Xiu, my cousin. You met him