After leaving the hall where he worked, Qian Xunji went straight to the Papal Palace's Back Garden, found Ah Yin, and shared the news with her.
"Who would've thought? That Tang Hao actually managed to meet a Transformed Soul Beast!" Qian Xunji said, holding Ah Yin in his arms.
"I can't fathom what that Transformed Soul Beast was thinking! Instead of lying low after entering the human world, she went straight to Tang Hao's side. Wasn't that like stepping into the spotlight?"
Qian Xunji laughed. "Ah Yin, don't you think that Transformed Soul Beast was a fool? Not only was her identity exposed, she ended up sacrificing herself to Tang Hao and becoming his Soul Ring!"
Resting against Qian Xunji's chest, Ah Yin looked up in confusion. "Xunji, why do I feel like you're talking about me too?"
She had done the same thing back then. Rather than lying low, she had traveled across the continent. And the result? She had met Qian Xunji.
"How could I be?" Qian Xunji said with a smile. "You might be silly, but you met me!"
"Xunji!" Ah Yin puffed out her cheeks. "You're teasing me again, aren't you? Keep it up and I really will get angry."
"All right, all right, I'll stop teasing you. If I'd known Tang Hao would meet another Transformed Soul Beast, I never would've recalled Spirit Hall's watchers. Then the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect wouldn't have had a chance!"
Qian Xunji spoke lightly. Tang Hao might have lost Ah Yin,
but he had found A Zhi instead. Of course, she had still been discovered, hunted down, and driven to sacrifice herself.
As Ah Yin lay against Qian Xunji's chest, she wondered: if she had never met him and had kept traveling, would she have met the same