Within a dim blue space, a great tree radiating blue light stood at the very center, with a small lake beneath it.
Ye Lin sat cross-legged atop the canopy, propping his chin with his right hand as he gazed at the lake before him.
A blue glow shimmered in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The lake's reflection filled his pupils.
"Kid, why are you here all by yourself?"
Suddenly, a figure slowly emerged from the lake before him.
He wore white robes and had a head full of white hair.
Standing in the middle of the lake with his hands clasped behind his back, he turned and looked at Ye Lin with a smile.
"I met an opponent. An opponent I can't defeat."
Propping up his chin, Ye Lin spoke one word at a time.
He did not know what had happened to him after his battle with Chu Jingming, but at this moment, he had completely lost the confidence to strike again.
He had also lost the confidence to rise above the rest again.
He only wanted to sit here, to keep sitting here.
"An opponent you can't defeat?"
"Kid, in this world, there is no opponent who cannot be defeated."
"You carry my memories in your mind. With what I had in my hands, do you think there was any opponent I could not defeat?"
The mysterious man chuckled at Ye Lin.
With a wave of his hand, a jar of wine appeared in his grasp.
He tossed it, and the wine jar landed in Ye Lin's hands.
"Come on. You're bored, and I'm bored too. How about we have a drink together?"
Holding up his wine jar, Ye Xiu beckoned to Ye Lin.
"Sure."
Ye Lin nodded lightly, then tore off the