The Purple Moon Secret Realm had already emerged. Over the years, it had begun integrating into the outside world and had taken in quite a few disciples, though it still accepted only female disciples.
Chen Fan had only just arrived at the Purple Moon Sect.
There, he saw Purple Moon Sect Master Ziyun and Vice Sect Master Zi Yan waiting outside.
"Chen Fan, you finally came!"
Ziyun walked forward with a smile. "Little Ancestor has been waiting for you for a long time."
Twenty years apart, and Ziyun had already reached the fourth layer of Longevity. Her progress was quite remarkable. To become the sect master of the Purple Moon Sect—even a Purple Moon Sect that had already declined—her talent naturally could not have been poor.
Chen Fan nodded. "Sorry to trouble you, Sect Master Zi."
He followed the two women into the Purple Moon Sect.
Before long, they arrived inside a lofty pavilion.
More than twenty years had passed since they last met, yet Lanruo still looked petite. Only, compared to before, she seemed two or three years older.
"Little Ancestor, we have brought him..."
Lanruo smiled and nodded. "Thank you for your trouble, Sect Masters."
"You are too polite, Little Ancestor. If there is nothing else, my sister and I will take our leave first." Ziyun and Zi Yan immediately withdrew.
Only then did Lanruo turn back to look at Chen Fan.
The two met again.
Both wore subtly complicated expressions.
"I finally waited for you." There was a trace of resentment in Lanruo's voice.
Chen Fan coughed. "There were quite a few unexpected incidents... But I did not exceed the ten years you mentioned by much. It should not matter, right?"
Lanruo shook her head. "Saying it does not matter would not be quite right. There is