The three women had gone off to wash and dress up. They probably would not be coming out anytime soon.
Fang Mo pulled Yue Jian over, and the two sat down in a waterside pavilion. Shen Yue immediately served them tea, then quietly withdrew.
Watching this, Yue Jian's expression turned somewhat complicated. He looked at Fang Mo again.
The man before him had only been gone for a few years, yet both his appearance and bearing had changed enormously. If they had not met in this courtyard, Yue Jian would hardly have dared recognize him.
Even though that aura and majesty were restrained to the utmost, they remained extraordinary. Where was the frail young man from back then?
"They say that thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never bully a poor youth. Yet only a few years have passed for you, and when I see you again, you're already worlds apart!" Yue Jian looked at Fang Mo with emotion.
"Before, when I heard the rumors, I didn't dare believe it was really you. But now that I've seen you, it finally all matches up. So the legend really was you!"
Fang Mo smiled faintly. "I only got all this because of a few fortunate encounters!" He set a cup of tea before Yue Jian. "Enough about me. You already know my story. What about you? Sister Quan told me you'd been cultivating at the Donglai Sword Sect all this time!"
At once, Yue Jian became excited and slapped his thigh.
"Back then, our whole family moved to Zhiyuan Star. My sister sent me to the Donglai Sword Sect, and by sheer luck, an elder took a liking to me. I followed him to one of the Donglai Sword Sect's resource mining planets and stayed there