Ye Tianming silently gazed into the distance. Mountain ridges rose and fell in the night, peak upon peak lending the landscape a weighty depth that made the starry sky above shine all the brighter.
His expression remained as unchanging as frost that had not thawed in a thousand years. Only after a long while, when soft footsteps sounded behind him, did it seem to melt, revealing a hint of human warmth.
"Senior Sister, you're here."
Ye Tianming turned to the red-haired woman in close-fitting martial attire approaching him and greeted her calmly.
"Junior Brother Ye, admiring the scenery again? These are barren mountains and wretched waters. There aren't even many large trees. I really don't understand what there is to look at." Ye Tong smiled with pursed lips, her eyes shimmering with undisguised affection.
She drew closer to Ye Tianming. Her tall stature placed her eyes almost level with his. Before she reached him, an intense, night-blooming cereus-like fragrance wafted over with a blazing heat like fire. Yet with a slight shift of attention, he could sense that the fragrance and heat were merely manifestations of the divine intent contained in her spirit essence, and were actually extremely faint.
Ye Tianming tilted his head slightly, avoiding her gaze. "Did you need something?"
"Can't I come to see you without needing something?" Ye Tong asked softly, a look of wounded reproach on her face.
"Of course you can. But I imagine Master has summoned us this time," Ye Tianming concluded calmly.
"Hmph, how dull!" Ye Tong rolled her eyes at him. But at the mention of their master, her expression grew solemn, and she stepped back a little. "You guessed right. Master has indeed summoned us. It seems he intends for us to end our search here and return early to