Lou Yunxiao: "...?"
He had only just come to his senses when a figure charged up and sent him flying with a kick.
With a bang, he slammed into the Dungeon wall.
He left a perfectly solid, human-shaped crater in it.
Ning Ke was stunned too.
He blinked twice and got a clear look at the man before him.
A sheer red robe, an exposed chest, eight-pack abs, skin so fair it seemed to glow...
Holding the Tobacco Pipe in one hand, the man pinched Ning Ke's face with the other and turned it from side to side. "That little bastard didn't do anything to you, did he?"
Ning Ke went blank.
He stared at Jiu Yuan's face and said dazedly, "Am I dreaming again?"
"But I haven't even gone to sleep."
"Dreaming, my ass! You little brat, I'm awake!"
Jiu Yuan hated getting sentimental more than anything, but seeing Ning Ke looking so dumbstruck, he remembered what Yin Feng had told him in the Demon Realm. He knew his foolish little brother had suffered so much mistreatment while he was gone.
His eyes began to sting despite himself.
He cupped Ning Ke's face and told him, "You silly little brother. Sorry for making you wait so long."
Ning Ke answered him with a fierce embrace.
"You don't need to apologize."
"Jiu Yuan, you're the last person who should have to apologize."
Jiu Yuan had sacrificed himself to let Lou Yunxiao reincarnate, all so Ning Ke could feel a little better.
Yet that had left him asleep for so many years.
Ning Ke was the one who had held Jiu Yuan back.
Now that Jiu Yuan was awake, Ning Ke was overwhelmed with surprise and joy. How could he possibly blame him?
A You and A Li, who had come