Chi You: "When I Return, I'll Have Your Back"-Divine Beast Tian Yuan Acknowledges Dihong as Master, Renamed Xuanyuan!

The courtyard.

One person was gone.

The noisy surroundings fell silent in an instant.

Chi You remained silent, knowing that the day of parting would come sooner or later.

Yet Dihong had followed Great Sage Dao Venerate since childhood. For thousands of years, he had never strayed far from his side.

He had grown accustomed to that life.

Never having known the sorrow of parting, Dihong's heart filled with an indescribably complicated emotion, as though a bottle of mixed flavors had been overturned within him. It was unbearably bitter. "Senior Brother, Teacher... has he truly left?"

"Mm."

Chi You nodded.

He was listless.

Sitting on the steps, he silently etched everything in the courtyard deep into his memory.

Though he had only lived here for a few thousand years.

In the past, a few thousand days had been no more than ten years.

Yet for some reason, the years he spent here gave him an indescribable sense of peace and solidity, as though his life had become much fuller.

It was as if color had gradually filled a black-and-white world.

But he had to leave.

He had his own mission and responsibilities to fulfill.

Chi You silently engraved the place where he had lived for thousands of years into his mind. He let out a breath of Turbid Qi and said heavily, "Junior Brother, I have things I need to do, and I must leave as well. From now on, you must live well on your own."

"You're frail and weak, but that silver tongue of yours is enough to resolve many conflicts."

"Unless absolutely necessary, don't clash with others. If you encounter a crisis you can't withstand, run if you can. In this world, running away doesn't make you a loser. The one who laughs last and becomes the