A gentle breeze filled their sleeves. Beneath the morning sun, the shadows of Xin Youlan and the strange beast beneath her stretched long.
"Let's go. Senior Extreme Yin and the others might be arriving soon as well." Xin Youlan glanced at the distant morning glow, then smiled lightly at Changsun Xiaoru, who had grown ever more elegant and otherworldly, though her features had not changed much from before.
"Let's go!"
Changsun Xiaoru, now at the Divine Profound fifth level and as radiant as a goddess, also smiled faintly and nodded. With a flicker of her figure, she landed atop Xin Youlan's beast.
"Your Cold Fire Kirin looks like it'll break through to level nine very soon." Changsun Xiaoru patted the kirin's head, white icy flames rising from its body. It seemed pleased as well, letting out a low growl.
A distinct Divine Profound fragrance now emanated from Xin Youlan as well. Though no obvious divine light shone from her, she had clearly already broken through to the Divine Profound Realm. Changsun Xiaoru, meanwhile, had become one of the pillars of the Tianxuan Alliance, no longer the innocent, carefree young girl she had once been. Yet whenever something important happened, she could not help thinking of that figure who had stood unyielding amid heavenly tribulation and slaughtered all the Outer Realm Demons.
Especially now, when old friends who normally never saw one another were gathering from all directions, she could not help wondering whether he, too, might appear before them with that smiling face.
Bells rang long and clear, while cheers rose one after another. Tomorrow would be the day of the West Sea Grand Meeting. Great groups of Tianxuan Alliance cultivators arrived from time to time, and many friends who had not met for a long time could not wait