My Answer Had Been You All Along

Coconut swayed unsteadily as she fell from the air.

She had gone days without rest, not even stopping to recover. For a minor cultivator in the Peeping God Realm to cross nearly half of the Central Continent in such a short time was already outrageous.

And her final push had taken her across the border from the Southern Border.

She was sure she couldn't be mistaken. That familiar feeling had to be right.

Hanyu wasn't the only one to notice Coconut's arrival. The other powerhouses noticed her too. She even entered the battlefield without a care in the world.

It was only because she had finally seen that face.

Golden Cicada's shattered Dharma Form lay sprawled on the ground. The hole Wu Jiu had punched through its chest had yet to heal, and Yixian lay asleep inside. Pain filled his features. His body was already smeared with blood, old and new wounds covering him from head to toe. There wasn't a single patch of uninjured flesh left.

At just one glance, Coconut's tears poured down like rain.

She choked back her sobs as she rushed into the Dharma Form. Looking at that face, now somewhat unfamiliar, she covered her mouth and crouched down, not daring to cry aloud.

Golden Cicada should have been asleep, but at that moment, an inexplicable shiver stirred within him. He slowly awoke, and with one glance, saw a face bowed so low he couldn't make it out.

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck him, and an image appeared in his mind.

It was the last time Yixian and Coconut had met, the moment they had passed each other by.

Coconut, too, had kept her head lowered, not daring to show her face.

At last, the image in his mind came into focus.

"So... my answer