Everyone's feelings were incomparably complicated.
There was pride—after all, this was their own ancestor.
There was shock—their ancestor was younger than they were.
And there was also an indescribable sense of distance and fear.
The person they revered was still young, while they themselves had already grown old.
Xu Changqing said nothing. He merely held Ruo Qunshuang, light as if she weighed nothing at all, and under the silent gaze of a room full of descendants, walked outside step by step.
Outside, the disciples of the Spirit Plant Bureau all bowed in salute.
Even beyond Jade Balance Star, Northern Dipper Immortal Mansion members had gathered everywhere to see him off.
Xu Changqing had traveled the road from the Four Mortal Domains to the Heavenly Origin Realm several times.
He had traveled it with Ping'an and Linglong, and he had traveled it alone.
Only, he had never traveled it with Ruo Qunshuang. Now, at last, he had the chance.
When the two passed through a purple nebula, Ruo Qunshuang's eyes opened slightly.
Within her clouded pupils was reflected this dreamlike sea of stars.
Tens of millions of purple bands of light stretched out from the depths of the nebula, like countless strips of soft silk slowly drifting through the starry sky. Each ribbon rose and fell at an exceedingly slow rhythm, as though the entire sea of stars were breathing.
"Shuangmei!"
"Mm?"
"It seemed I had never accompanied you to see the scenery!"
"Hadn't you?"
"From now on, I'll accompany you until you've seen your fill!"
"Mm!"
And so, Xu Changqing held Ruo Qunshuang as they admired the scenery along the way.
Before long, the two arrived at Star River Crossing.
It was a river of Fallen Stars made up of countless tiny meteors. It was no more than