Seclusion, Efficiency Soaring!

In the courtyard.

Jiang Ning had just stepped into his courtyard when he saw a young woman in a plain white dress standing ahead.

She had a slender frame and looked frail.

Despite the bitter winter cold, she wore summer clothes. Her long dress brushed the ground, its hem resting on the pure white snow.

"My lord!" Su Qingying called.

"You're just in time!" Jiang Ning smiled and hefted the last wrapped portion of pastries in his hand. "Pear blossom pastries!"

"Thank you, my lord!" A faint smile suddenly appeared on Su Qingying's usually impassive face.

She accepted the pastries Jiang Ning offered, then raised her head slightly to look at him.

The newly risen sun shone from behind Jiang Ning. Against the morning light, she saw a faint golden glow enveloping him.

"My lord... you seem a little different," Su Qingying said.

Jiang Ning nodded. "After several days of guidance from that person, I was bound to change a little."

"And what did you gain, my lord?" Su Qingying asked.

Jiang Ning nodded. "It helped me tremendously. I crossed a crucial threshold."

"That's good." A faint smile touched Su Qingying's lips.

Then she said, "I was worried these past few days that person might mean you harm. After all, I can see your true identity, and perhaps that person can too."

At those words, Jiang Ning could not help smiling faintly.

What true identity?

Only he knew who he really was.

A visitor from another world, that was all!

Or perhaps a man with memories of a past life and a present one!

By now, he understood where he had come from.

He was a True Spirit newly born in the River of Time, possessing memories of only two lives.

One was his past life; the other, his present