A gentle voice drifted over. An Xin immediately turned around and saw Ye Lin walking toward him step by step from the sky.
The instant he saw Ye Lin, An Xin could no longer hold back. Tears burst from his eyes, and he rushed forward to throw his arms around Ye Lin.
"Master, my mother is dead."
An Xin clung to Ye Lin, his tears soaking straight through Ye Lin's robes.
Seeing An Xin so helpless, a trace of complexity flashed through Ye Lin's eyes. For a moment, An Ran's figure surfaced in his mind.
He had known as well that once that small mountain village was destroyed, the deaths of the mother and son before him would only be a matter of time.
Two mortals wandering this world without a fixed home had only one road waiting for them: the road to death.
He simply had not expected it to happen so soon.
"How did you get here? As far as I know, the journey from here to your home is very, very far. An ordinary mortal would need a lifetime to walk it."
Ye Lin gently stroked An Xin's head as he spoke.
"I don't know. My mother and I were making our way through the forest, but one night, we encountered a Demon Beast. I fought it, but I couldn't beat it. In desperation, my mother lured the Demon Beast away by herself to save me."
"Before I even had time to run, everything went black before my eyes. When I opened them again, I was already somewhere around here. I don't know where this is either."
"And when I woke up, I found something in my arms. Just as I was examining it closely, I ran into these two people. They kept insisting that the thing