Li Feihuang had been peerlessly radiant; now, before their very eyes, body and soul had been annihilated into drifting ash. Truly, a fragrant blossom had withered and fallen, the violent shock of something beautiful shattering into ruin.
Gao Xian said nothing. Yun Qingxuan and Qiniang said nothing either.
The three cultivators remained silent for quite some time before Yun Qingxuan finally asked, "Did Feihuang reincarnate?"
"Probably." Gao Xian was not certain either. Even his Great Might Heavenly Dragon Law-Controlling Divine Seal could not see where Li Feihuang's true spirit had gone, and there was no need to deceive Yun Qingxuan with baseless guesses.
"Life and death are weighty matters indeed. How could one not be pained?"
Yun Qingxuan sighed and softly recited the line. Without saying farewell to Gao Xian or Qiniang, she rode the wind away on her own.
After a moment of silence, Qiniang said solemnly to Gao Xian, "A Xian, one day, I will leave like this too. I only hope that when I go, you can be with me."
Though Gao Xian felt despondent, he would not be disheartened by it. Qiniang's words instead stirred his fighting spirit.
He pulled Qiniang firmly into his embrace by the shoulders. "That day will never come. We will both live very, very well, advancing ever onward along the Great Dao."
Qiniang smiled. Naturally, she tilted her head and rested it against Gao Xian's shoulder.
Having just witnessed Li Feihuang's body and soul perish before she departed for reincarnation, even someone as strong as Qiniang felt exhausted. Rarely, she revealed such vulnerability.
Fortunately, Gao Xian was by her side, offsetting all manner of negative emotions.
Gao Xian understood Qiniang well. After refining his Daluo Primordial Yang Spirit, he had wandered the East Sea for decades—first to cultivate, and second to