The illusion before him vanished, but Lan'er was still there. Her face was deathly pale, and blood was even dripping from her left hand.
Then her weak voice rang out.
"Father, I'm all right..."
"Lan'er..."
Yuan Tian immediately pulled Yuan Lan into his arms, sobbing too hard to speak.
She was actually... actually all right.
"Lan'er, how did you survive such a terrifying spiritual qi storm?"
Yuan Tian came to his senses and asked.
In truth, he had already guessed the answer.
Under those circumstances, who besides Xu Tong could have saved Yuan Lan?
"Right, where is that senior?"
Only after Yuan Lan confirmed that Xu Tong had saved her did Yuan Tian remember to ask this question.
Not only was Yuan Lan safe, she had even awakened, yet the senior was nowhere to be seen.
He certainly did not think someone whose true age was beyond reckoning would have any interest in playing hide-and-seek with him.
"The senior said he had something to deal with and left right away. From his expression, it seemed something very serious had happened."
He left right away...
Yuan Tian had never expected such a thing to happen.
"Tell me everything. What exactly happened?"
Yuan Tian hurriedly asked. This man was the key to curing Yuan Lan, and Yuan Tian had promised to work like an ox or a horse for Xu Tong. Naturally, he intended to honor those words.
Yuan Lan knew just how much her father had sacrificed for her, and she could more or less deduce that Xu Tong was the benefactor who had saved her life twice.
"A powerful impact jolted me awake. Then I saw the senior standing in front of me, with an invisible barrier separating me from the force of the initial impact."
As Yuan Lan spoke,