Twelve years. In the blink of an eye, twelve whole years had passed. It took Zhang Tie an entire day to slowly accept and adjust to the news. While it had dealt him an enormous blow, the one thing that gave him a little comfort was that everyone he cared about had been properly settled during that time.
His elder brother was with their father and mother. Before leaving Huaiyuan Hall, Zhang Tie had solemnly entrusted his brother with some original solution of Origin Energy Spiritual Aura Yeast that could continuously reproduce. With those things, even if Zhang Tie was not at Golden Crow Castle, his brother should be able to maintain the supply of Panacea Potions, and the development of the Golden Crow Trading Company should be sufficiently secured.
The Divine Grace Brotherhood and the girls of the Rose Society had already left Black Flame City before this, and all had something to rely on and the means to live well. He had also asked his brother to take proper care of Teacher Daina and Linda, so there should be no problems. Even on the Ice and Snow Wilderness side, he had made proper arrangements for everything before leaving. He had done all he could; even without him, everything there could continue operating normally.
These thoughts made Zhang Tie feel a little better, but he knew that twelve years was enough time for many things to happen, enough to change many people and things.
He had no idea how much his father and mother must have worried about him.
He had no idea whether his friends on Hidden Dragon Island were doing well.
He had no idea how Senior Sister Lan Yunxi was doing.
He had no idea how the girls from the Divine Grace Brotherhood and Rose Society