In November of Year 3182 of the Great Tang Calendar, Liu Changxu returned to Violet Glow Mountain with an extraordinarily rich haul of spoils after more than a year of brutal sect warfare.
After returning to Violet Glow Mountain, he did not go straight home. Instead, he first went to Rainjade Garden to pay his respects to his master and his master's wife, only to find them away. He saw only his senior sister, Su Jinxiu.
After a year apart, Su Jinxiu was still as beautiful and captivating as ever. Her movements, however, had lost some of their girlish liveliness and gained a measure of elegance and composure. In her bearing, he could faintly see traces of his master's wife, Jiang Yuqing.
Yet Su Jinxiu's somewhat excited expression made it clear that she had missed Liu Changxu dearly. This pleased him, but also gave him something of a headache.
Liu Changxu hurried forward and said with a smile:
"Senior Sister, after a year apart, you've not only grown more beautiful, but your cultivation has also advanced considerably. A Golden Core is within your reach!"
Su Jinxiu looked at her junior brother's tall, handsome figure and his powerful aura, as imposing as a mountain and as unfathomable as an abyss. She felt she could no longer see through him, as though she were facing a Golden Core cultivator. Along with her profound astonishment came even greater admiration.
More than a year apart had not diminished her longing for her junior brother. Instead, she missed him all the more. Although she knew full well that he was already a husband and father, she still could not help thinking of him.
Seeing her junior brother today set her heart fluttering with budding desire, and her cheeks grew warm! Hearing Liu Changxu's words, she