"I'm leaving..."
Xiao Yi Xian spoke with her right hand clenched against her chest.
"Mm."
Xiao Yan nodded. At that moment, his chest felt tight.
He did not even know what to say.
Should I wish her a safe journey?
He could not bring himself to say it!
"Then, you..."
"It's time I went home too. It's been three years. I miss my family and my clansmen."
Xiao Yan spoke from the heart.
"Family and clansmen..."
At the mention of this, a flicker of desolation crossed Xiao Yi Xian's face.
"Ah, sorry, sorry, Xiao Yi Xian! I didn't mean it!"
Seeing her already subdued spirits suddenly sink even lower, Xiao Yan immediately realized he had said the wrong thing.
Having spent more than a year together, how could they not have learned about each other's families?
Xiao Yi Xian was an orphan through and through. She had no family, let alone clansmen!
"It's all right. I've long since gotten used to it. But you, Xiao Yan-you must cherish your family, and the people by your side."
Seeing the apology written all over his face, Xiao Yi Xian waved it off.
Yet those final words, "the people by your side," seemed to carry a pointed hint!
"Ah, of course I will! What about you, Xiao Yi Xian? Where are you planning to go next? Back to Green Mountain Town?"
Xiao Yan was still very concerned about where she would go.
"No. Since I chose to leave that place, I won't go back. Next, I'm planning to try my luck in the Cloud Empire.
Someone once told me that the Cloud Empire might have something that could delay the eruption of my woeful poison body.
I want to go there and look for it."
The person Xiao Yi Xian mentioned was, of