Jia Nan Academy.
Atop a mountain.
A green figure streaked through the dense woods. With only a light tap of his toes against a leaf, his body shot a great distance forward.
The green figure reached the summit, then dropped to one knee before a graceful figure, cupping his fist.
Sensing the movement behind her, the graceful figure hurriedly turned and asked anxiously, "Green Shadow, is Brother Xiao Yan all right?"
"Reporting to the young lady, Young Master Xiao... Xiao Yan may have fallen."
The man called Green Shadow delivered his report with a faint tremor in his voice. He knew perfectly well how important the young man he spoke of was to his young lady.
"What!"
The terrible news struck Xun'er like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. Her mind abruptly went blank, and her body swayed backward uncontrollably.
"Young lady!"
Green Shadow tried to step forward to support her, but Gu Xun'er had already steadied herself. Her face was deathly pale, her right hand pressed against her heart as though she were enduring tremendous pain. Her expression was dazed, and anguish clouded her lovely face.
Only after a long while did she recover. Her delicate brows rose sharply, and golden flames flared in her eyes as she demanded furiously, "Who harmed Brother Xiao Yan? Tell me everything!"
"Yes."
Green Shadow slowly and truthfully recounted everything he had learned to Gu Xun'er. When she heard that Xiao Yan had escaped into the void, hope rose in her eyes.
"You're saying Brother Xiao Yan used a spatial scroll that had fallen into disrepair to escape into the void, and his fate is unknown? His death hasn't been confirmed?"
"This subordinate captured an eyewitness who was there at the time and forced that information out of him."
Gu Xun'er immediately flew