On the ruined pavilion, Qiu Ya gazed into the distance.
When that familiar figure appeared in her sight, the confusion on Qiu Ya's face was swept away, replaced by a trace of relief.
After all, he had never disappointed her.
"You're back." Three faint words contained a thousand unspoken thoughts.
Jiang Feng landed atop the ruined pavilion, his expression and emotions incomparably complicated.
He had long since seen that the Flame Clan, once prosperous and nearly at the height of its flourishing, now had fewer than twenty people left guarding this place.
Still, fortunately, every one of them was someone whose name he could call out at once.
Lasar, Iron Army Mountain, Flame Golden Flood Dragon, Long Lianxin, Shen Xiaohe...
Jiang Feng knew they had all been waiting for him.
After all, the Flame Clan no longer gave them any reason to remain here.
"My brothers, I'm back," Jiang Feng said quietly.
Tears welled in everyone's eyes. Seeing Jiang Feng return was like seeing hope itself.
The hope of the entire Great Wilderness.
Jiang Feng turned to look at the Illusion Heaven Device standing in the city, its radiance gone for lack of power to sustain it.
With a sweep of his hand, the Illusion Heaven Device was immediately put away.
After investigating it, Jiang Feng discovered that Yao Xinghe, who should have been cultivating in seclusion within the Illusion Heaven Device, had already vanished without a trace.
After casting several incantations, he confirmed that Yao Xinghe had left the Illusion Heaven Device within the past hundred years.
"Do not worry. If you return safely, you and I, brothers that we are, shall surely meet again!"
Yao Xinghe's words, left within the Illusion Heaven Device, rang in Jiang Feng's ears.
Jiang Feng smiled faintly. In this Great Wilderness, a living