Wang Mengde held the Voice Transmission Talisman, his fingers tightening slightly as an inexplicable trace of nervousness rose in his heart.
Four and a half years had passed.
How had that girl Qingyue been doing in Evergreen Sect?
She cultivated the same technique as him.
He had already found Lin Xiaowan. Had that girl... found a Dao companion?
Wang Mengde felt that he was not a good person.
He was greedy, selfish.
He dual cultivated with Lin Xiaowan, yet he still thought of Shen Qingyue.
He even hoped Shen Qingyue would remain pure as jade for him.
Still, if Shen Qingyue had found a Dao companion, that would be normal too.
After all, more than four years had passed.
Wang Mengde drew a deep breath and suppressed the churning thoughts in his heart.
He picked up a Voice Transmission Talisman, gathered spiritual power at his fingertips, and slowly wrote words upon the talisman.
"Qingyue, I received the Voice Transmission Talisman you sent. Are you doing well in Evergreen Sect?"
After writing it, he activated the talisman.
The talisman trembled faintly, then transformed into countless tiny motes of light and vanished into the air.
Evergreen Sect, Azure Cliff Island.
In a small courtyard at the edge of the island, a woman in a blue dress was drying spiritual herbs.
She was tall and slender, with skin like congealed cream and features as exquisite as a painting.
She was Shen Qingyue.
Over the past four and a half years, she had shed the immaturity of girlhood and grown ever more fresh and beautiful.
She spread the spiritual herbs in her hands across a bamboo tray, her movements gentle and practiced.
Just then, her chest suddenly grew faintly warm.
Shen Qingyue froze, quickly set down the herbs, and took a Voice Transmission