Bearing

"What did you want with me?"

Tianyan lay on her back on the bed, her face turned to the side, blinking rapidly, confusion written in her eyes. "What do you mean?"

Xu Yuan was stunned as well.

What did she mean, what did he mean?

After nearly twenty years together in the illusion realm, did she not know what his situation was?

The two lay silent on the bed, with only the sound of rain echoing around them.

Tianyan slowly sat up on the bed. Seeing his expression, hesitation flickered across her brows.

"Xu Yuan, you... don't mean you can't learn it, do you?"

Xu Yuan sat up as well and smacked his lips.

"Well, how should I put it? That's roughly what I mean."

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, the hesitation in Tianyan's eyes turned directly into astonishment.

"Why can't you learn it?"

The heartfelt bewilderment in the girl's gaze made Xu Yuan feel a little uncomfortable. He gave a light cough.

"Ahem, is that strange? This is the Yantian Art, after all."

"But you have an Innate Dao Body."

Tianyan looked at him, her cherry lips slightly parted as she stated matter-of-factly, "Throughout the history of the Heavenly Oversight Pavilion, there have been five Innate Dao Body cultivators who practiced the Yantian Art. Of them, four were bestowed—"

At this point, Tianyan seemed to realize something and did not continue.

"Bestowed the name Tianyan?" Xu Yuan quietly finished for her.

Tianyan blinked her clear, captivating eyes, then nodded softly.

"Yes... the only one who failed did so because they died prematurely midway through."

Speaking of this, Xu Yuan suddenly bumped her with his shoulder and asked in a hushed voice, intrigued, "Hey, then what was your original name?"

Tianyan gave a light snort. Feeling the warmth of his