The Purple Cloud Wings flapped slowly, keeping Xiao Yan suspended in midair.
The shock had yet to fade from Yun Yun's beautiful face. As she gazed at Xiao Yan, a tangled surge of emotion filled her heart, and scenes from the past seemed to surface in her lovely eyes.
"How could this be..."
At that moment, Yun Yun could hardly believe that her reunion with the young man who had found his way into her heart would take place under such circumstances.
Seeing Nalan Yanran's slightly pale face, how could Yun Yun fail to understand what was happening before her?
"Yao Yan... was Xiao Yan... I should have realized it long ago..."
Bitterness filled Yun Yun, and deep self-mockery appeared in her beautiful eyes.
Those memories from the Magical Beast Mountain Range now seemed like blades, stabbing mercilessly into Yun Yun's heart.
Xiao Yan remained silent as well.
For him, this reunion with Yun Yun was no less unexpected or bitter.
Given his relationship with the Misty Cloud Sect, he did not know how to handle the tangled ties between himself and Yun Yun.
"Yun Zhi... Yun Yun..."
Xiao Yan drew a deep breath, letting out a quiet, self-mocking murmur.
"Heh... I never expected to end up tangled with the Misty Cloud Sect like this after all."
"Yao Yan..."
Seeing Xiao Yan's bitter expression, Yun Yun felt a sharp pang in her heart. She was about to speak when his gaze suddenly turned toward her.
"Sect Master Yun Yun, I am Xiao Yan. I came here today to fulfill the three-year agreement I made with Nalan Yanran."
Those words stopped everything Yun Yun had been about to say.
Yun Yun understood that, from this moment onward, the two of them could never return to the way things had been.
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