Three more years passed.
"Nice to meet you. Hello, what brings you to see this hall master?"
"I am Hu Yao, the ninety-ninth Hall Master of Rebirth."
"However, judging by your appearance, you are radiant and healthy. Hmm... Surely someone will come here because of the Heavenly Flames and see my message!"
"Hee hee!"
"Unfortunately, this may be my final message. Because of the City of Rebirth, the four great sects actually want to seize the foundation this hall master worked so hard to build."
"Today, I have come here to record this final matter. I will head to Four Sect Valley to fight. If I win, the City of Rebirth shall prosper with this hall master. If I lose, I can only blame myself for being inferior in skill."
"I miss the old days so much!"
"When the sun rose, I basked in the sun. When the moon rose, I basked in the moon. What a pity..."
"Fighting is troublesome. To me, it was not the goal, but a means. A means to achieve one's goals, to use battle to protect the things one refused to yield."
"In that respect, I believe we are all the same."
"Birth, aging, illness, death, all the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth lie within our generation!"
After Xiao Yi Xian finished reading the words, her delicate brows furrowed slightly. It seemed the trail ended here.
She looked over the portrait before her again. Apart from the beautiful painting and elegant handwriting, there was nothing else.
If the words on the portrait were true, then she had to go to Four Sect Valley and see whether there were any clues there.
"Alas!"
Xiao Yi Xian sighed softly, then rolled up the portrait and put it into her Storage Ring.
She carefully examined her