Outside Green Luo, white mist shrouded the clouds, and Smoke Sand swirled through the air.
The daylight had dimmed somewhat. Zhang Gaoxia let out a soft breath. Everything that had happened lately weighed on her mind, leaving her unsettled and seldom smiling. Her black hair fluttered in the wind. She smoothed it with one hand and looked at the junior brother before her.
"Senior sister, you haven't changed at all over the years."
Xu Fayan chuckled as he looked at her. Zhang Gaoxia still had a young woman's figure, her appearance unchanged. Ji earth belonged to yin; women who cultivated it tended to have refined beauty, while those who cultivated ding fire were often alluring.
"What do you want with Yi Wan? She hasn't offended you."
Zhang Gaoxia's gaze grew grave as she looked up at him, a note of accusation in her eyes.
Xu Fayan said nothing, merely watching her quietly with a gentle smile.
He cultivated the Returning to the Nether Sheep Aspect Scripture and had obtained his life foundation. Within his qi sea lay a tract of barren earth, with spirits lurking beneath it. Now he felt his life foundation tremble, releasing a sinister, yellowish earth qi. A little ginseng figure immediately manifested-the [Ghost-Cap Child] he had already refined.
The little ginseng figure hurried forward, trying to absorb this aura, only to drown in the earth qi, all signs of life extinguished.
Xu Fayan suddenly felt hungry.
That hunger had existed since his childhood, haunting the depths of his memory like a shadow. Ever since receiving his register, he had frequently swallowed and refined all kinds of spiritual earth, dust, and sand, barely easing that fire of hunger.
From birth, he had hidden in the great desert with his mother. That woman would feed him handfuls of