Joy from the Heart

Lou Gao, his face, beard, and hair covered in metal dust and black ash, sensed someone at the stairwell and immediately turned to look.

The first person he saw was Si Long, who stood at the front. He immediately called out, "Si Long, what brought you up here at this hour?"

"Teacher~"

Si Long stepped forward and was just about to speak when Lou Gao's gaze shifted to Ling Yi and Yang Shelly behind him.

At first glance, Lou Gao was stunned by Ling Yi's handsome face. Even Yang Shelly, a beauty rarely seen in the world, seemed a little dull beside him.

But then Lou Gao sensed something was amiss. That face... looked so familiar...

It was Ling Yi-!!

Lou Gao's eyes went wide. He hurried forward several steps, ignoring Si Long as he approached. Staring at Ling Yi, he tried to speak, his lips trembling, but for a moment no words would come.

Si Long: o((⊙﹏⊙))o

Five years. Five years had passed since the last day of December in the year 2604 of the Douluo Calendar, when Lou Gao had left Cold Wind Grand Camp in the northern reaches of the Water Wood Duchy. Now, in the year 2609, Lou Gao thought day and night of Ling Yi, the junior brother he had spent only seven months with. He had so many questions and puzzles he wanted to ask Ling Yi about and seek his guidance on.

Although it was July rather than December, Ling Yi had grown from the thirteen-year-old boy of those days into a young man of eighteen.

Back then, Ling Yi had red lips, white teeth, and a handsome face. Because he was so young, anyone who saw him would praise him from the bottom of their heart as "an immortal child descended to