Ting Huang's heart gave a violent leap. She raised her head and met Lie Shan Shi's deep, candid gaze.
The affection in that gaze was like the hottest lava deep within a volcano, almost melting her.
"You..." Ting Huang felt her heart racing unbearably fast, her cheeks burning. "You came to find me just to say this?"
"Yes." Lie Shan Shi's answer was decisive.
He drew a deep breath. At this moment, even this peak powerhouse of the Great Wilderness showed a trace of youthful awkwardness, yet he was utterly sincere. "Ting Huang, after accompanying each other for a hundred years back then, you had already been etched into my heart. I was merely ignorant at the time and failed to understand my feelings. I have come today to ask you..."
He gazed into her eyes and spoke each word clearly. "Are you willing to become my Dao Companion and spend these years of the Great Wilderness with me?"
"Boom!"
Ting Huang felt immense joy and shyness surge through her heart like a volcanic eruption, nearly making her unable to stand.
After they parted back then, how could she never have missed this resolute, wise, and slightly awkward Human Race man?
But at that time, as the Young Master bearing the Blue Phoenix bloodline and carrying her clan's hopes on her shoulders, she had never dared to think too deeply about it.
Later, when news of Lie Shan Shi being conferred the title of Shennong Imperial Sovereign spread throughout the Great Wilderness, she learned that the awkward youth from back then
had grown into a mighty powerhouse who could hold up heaven and earth. The gap between them was like a natural chasm, and she had thought they would never be able to meet again.
Yet now, he stood right