Jiang Wang looked at Chongxuan Sheng.
Chongxuan Sheng was already unable to speak.
So he asked again, "Was that woman slender, with very fair skin?"
"According to Instructor Zhang, it was the pallor of someone who had rarely seen daylight," Yan Chanyi said.
"Did she leave any words behind?"
"No." Yan Chanyi shook her head, then added an explanation: "There have always been many people who come to admire the academy from outside. So long as they do not disturb the formation, we generally do not interfere."
Shi Si had indeed come to Jixia Academy. She had taken off her iron armor, put on red makeup, and dressed magnificently.
It seemed she had never dressed like that before.
Always hidden beneath layer upon layer of armor, always carrying that heavy sword as she protected Chongxuan Sheng, she had almost made people forget that she was a girl.
What had she been thinking during that night she waited outside Jixia Academy?
And why had she left at daybreak?
Just one hour... at most, only one hour later, Chongxuan Sheng and Jiang Wang would have walked out of the academy.
Just one hour later, she and Chongxuan Sheng could have met.
Yet she had not waited any longer.
Jiang Wang had no way of knowing Shi Si's thoughts, but he believed it must have been a painful decision.
How deeply must one love someone to be willing to leave them?
Chongxuan Sheng turned and left at once.
"Sorry to trouble you." Jiang Wang cupped his hands to Yan Chanyi in thanks, then hurried after Chongxuan Sheng.
"What do you plan to do?"
Chongxuan Sheng flew swiftly through the air. There was no grief on his face, only an extraordinary resolve as he said, "Find her."
"Where will you look?"
Jiang Wang instinctively