Wings

"Xun'er, why are you here?" Xiao Yan asked as he sat cross-legged atop a flat rock on an unnamed cliff, looking at the beautiful young woman beside him.

"My father said he needed to pass a message to the Xiao Tribe, asking them to send someone to the Ancient Clan when the Heavenly Tomb opens this time. Xiao Xuan wants to see you." Xun'er replied.

"As for who should come and whom the message should be delivered to, my father didn't say." Xun'er smiled gently.

"Xiao Xuan... Ancestor?" Xiao Yan froze for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Ancestor Xiao Xuan is still alive?"

Xun'er sat beside Xiao Yan, her elbow resting on her knee and one hand supporting her cheek.

"I'm not sure. He should be dead... But he was buried within the Heavenly Tomb. The Heavenly Tomb is a very miraculous place. After powerful experts are buried there, they can rely solely on their remnant souls to become energy bodies and continue existing in a peculiar way.

"Some remnant souls that were weaker in life have no consciousness, while powerful remnant souls retain their awareness. Aside from their different forms of life, they are almost no different from how they were in life.

"Your ancestor, Xiao Xuan, is undoubtedly among the strongest of them. Naturally, his energy body possesses complete consciousness.

"Something happened in the Heavenly Tomb before. Perhaps he felt that he could no longer wait, so he had us send word to the present Xiao Tribe and tell them to send someone quickly.

"The only member of the Xiao Tribe I could find was you, Brother Xiao Yan."

Xiao Yan knew that Gu Yuan and Xun'er were doing him a favor. If they had gone looking for the Xiao Tribe hidden in the shadows, it would