The woman wore only a coat thrown casually over her shoulders.
Her long hair had not even been properly arranged. Clearly, she had rushed over as soon as she received the news.
The moment the door opened, the woman's hurried steps came to an abrupt stop.
Looking at Gu Xuan standing before her, her eyes gradually reddened. Only after a long while did she seem to finally confirm that the person before her was not an illusion.
"Xiao Xuan?"
Qing Xuan nodded gently. "Aunt Su, I'm back."
Having spent endless years in the Primordial World, Qing Xuan could not help feeling sentimental upon seeing someone from his past.
As for what had happened between him and Su Qingxue on the day of that trial—
That seemed to have been a very long time ago.
Besides, he was not truly Gu Xuan, nor had he ever held any feelings for Su Qingxue.
That incident, which others might have thought would weigh heavily on him, had not stirred even the slightest ripple within him.
The woman suddenly raised her hand.
Qing Xuan thought she was about to do something, but that hand merely landed heavily on his shoulder.
"You still remembered to come back!"
"After something went wrong with the spatial passage, there wasn't a single word from you. The academy said they couldn't find you, and they didn't even know where you'd been swept away to..."
She seemed as though she wanted to scold him fiercely, but by the end, her voice had still lowered uncontrollably.
The woman grabbed his arm and carefully looked him over from head to toe.
"Were you hurt?"
Qing Xuan shook his head slightly. "No."
"Did the people over there bully you?"
"No."
"The academy said you lost your cultivation, and even your Martial Soul is