"Senior Sister Yan, I still have important matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave. We can talk when we meet in three days."
Liu Yu paused and said with a smile, then took his magical artifact out of his Storage Bag.
"All right, then. See you in three days, Junior Brother Liu!"
Yan Qun'er still had much left to say, but seeing that Liu Yu had matters to attend to, she could only wave her small hand in farewell.
Liu Yu nodded gently, then rode the Mother-and-Son Soul-Chasing Blades back toward Colorful Lotus Mountain in a streak of dark light.
Watching the departing escape light, Yan Qun'er's eyes dimmed, and disappointment welled up in her heart.
She had imagined this reunion countless times, yet when it finally came, she was not as happy as she had expected. She could not feel the warmth she had imagined from the man before her, leaving her deeply disappointed. She simply had not shown it earlier.
The world had changed and the stars had shifted. In the end, she was no longer the innocent girl she once was.
Her family, the Sects, her feelings—there was simply too much to consider.
Only after standing there for a long time did Yan Qun'er take out her magical artifact and disappear into the horizon in a streak of pink escape light.
Three hours later, Liu Yu returned to Colorful Lotus Mountain.
He paused briefly at the foot of the mountain and sent a voice transmission to Geng Yunsong, who was tending the spirit plants, telling him to come to his cave abode at once. Without further words, he went straight inside.
Sitting on a stone stool beside the stone table in the reception room, Liu Yu took out the Clear Lotus Spirit Tea he