"Sister Xun Er, have you heard any news about Young Master Xiao Yan?" Qing Lin looked at Xun Er, hesitated for a while, then finally asked tentatively.
At the mention of Xiao Yan's name, a deep longing unconsciously surfaced in Xun Er's autumn-water eyes.
She shook her head. "Over two years ago, Soul Hall secretly issued an internal assassination order for Brother Xiao Yan. I'd been keeping watch for news of him ever since, but he hasn't appeared in the Central Plains at all during these past two years."
Hearing this, the anticipation in Qing Lin's eyes dimmed. Her strength had soared over the past few years, thanks in no small part to the arrangements Ming Mei had left behind. Qing Lin had directly begun cultivating anew with a high-tier Heaven-class technique tailor-made for the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while that medicinal bath had continuously improved her physique. Combined with the fusion of another pair of Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, the secret art that transformed the Nine Serene Deepground Python into the Nine Serene Yin Underworld Python, and the aid of the Nine Serene Cold Spring, she had managed two major breakthroughs in just three years and advanced directly to Dou Zun!
Yet those were all external factors. The true reason Qing Lin had pushed herself to grow stronger no matter the circumstances was simple: she wanted to become strong enough to help Xiao Yan!
Although quite a few outstanding young men in the enormous Ancient Clan where Xun Er resided had fallen for Qing Lin, Qing Lin had never paid them any attention. Only a few knew that Qing Lin and Xun Er, these two dazzling rising stars, had set their hearts on the same person!
Though Xiao Xun Er also missed Xiao Yan, from whom there