Lu Yin withdrew his gaze. "Since you don't want to say, that's up to you. You can go back."
"Thank you, Your Highness. Xiao Xiao will leave with you. Please take her to her father," Huo Xiaoling said, bowing deeply as she pleaded.
"Huoxiao? Your younger sister?" Lu Yin asked.
Huo Xiaoling nodded.
"I understand. Someone will make the arrangements," Lu Yin said.
"Thank you, Your Highness. I'll take my leave." Huo Xiaoling bowed again and was about to leave when something occurred to her. She looked at Lu Yin, hesitating.
Lu Yin looked puzzled. "Is there something else?"
Huo Xiaoling's eyes flickered. Then she made up her mind. "Your Highness, do you still remember Jennyona?"
Lu Yin raised an eyebrow. "What about her?"
"She wants to return to True Yu Star too. I hope you'll grant her request," Huo Xiaoling said.
Lu Yin was puzzled. "You and her?"
"We've known each other since childhood. We had some bad blood when we were young, but we've put it all behind us now. She wanted to come ask you herself, but she never did," Huo Xiaoling said.
Lu Yin nodded. "You can take her with you."
"Thank you, Your Highness," Huo Xiaoling replied, then turned and left.
Lu Yin watched Huo Xiaoling's retreating figure. In a flash, more than twenty years had passed.
More than twenty years ago, back on Earth, he had just begun his path of cultivation. Huo Xiaoling, Jennyona, Silver, Xia Luo, Lulu Mebis, and the others had all been full of ambition. Now, each of them had taken a different path. What would happen when they met again?
Perhaps they would die at the hands of the Eternal Clan. Perhaps they would be turned into Corpse Kings.
Lu Yin had no right to choose their paths for