At this moment, Su Mo undoubtedly became the focus of heaven and earth, the object of everyone's gaze.
"Shangguan Hao, five years have passed. I trust you have been well!"
Su Mo grinned, then pulled back the hood of his black robe, revealing a head of flowing white hair.
Then Su Mo turned to Xi'er and said with a smile, "Xi'er, I'm here!"
Such a simple sentence carried the promise he had made to Xi'er.
Two streams of clear tears fell from Xi'er's eyes as she stared blankly at Su Mo. Their eyes met, and they seemed able to see the deep affection in each other's gaze.
Even after five years apart, it had not diminished in the slightest.
"Brother Su Mo, you haven't changed," Xi'er said softly.
"I haven't changed now, and I never will!" Su Mo said with a smile.
"Your hair?" Xi'er asked, looking at Su Mo's head of white hair with slight surprise.
"It's nothing." Su Mo shook his head.
Shangguan Hao narrowed his eyes and examined Su Mo, the corners of his lips curling into a cold smile.
"Your talent as a native was indeed not bad. In five years, you raised your cultivation from the Qi Refining Realm to the Martial King Realm Third Layer!" Shangguan Hao said with a faint smile. Though he was praising Su Mo, his words were breezy and dismissive.
Although Su Mo's talent had greatly surprised him, he did not take it to heart.
"Five years?"
Upon hearing Shangguan Hao's words, everyone's hearts trembled slightly. Raising one's cultivation from the Qi Refining Realm to the Martial King Realm Third Layer in five years could no longer be described with a mere "not bad." Such talent could be called peerless genius throughout the entire Azure Continent.
Many people did not