At the Snake-People Tribe's Sacred Ground, the gates could no longer be opened lightly. Xiao Fan did not leave, either. He simply sat cross-legged outside, gazing at the barrier enveloping the Sacred Ground with a thoughtful expression.
Am I really going to have a child?
Recalling what had happened in the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Fan could not help feeling a flicker of joy. His longing for You Ruo surged through his heart like a rising tide.
When he had left the Jia Ma Empire, he had thought he would be gone for only a short while. He had never expected to return just in time for something like this, leaving the two of them unable to meet.
"Thank goodness nothing happened to you."
The silver lining was that You Ruo had not suffered some melodramatic disaster. The battle back then had only affected her slightly. Otherwise, Xiao Fan might have regretted it for the rest of his life.
At that thought, Xiao Fan's opinion of the Hall of Souls sank even further. If its people had not incited the Misty Cloud Sect to attack the Xiao Clan, the arrangements he had made back then would already have ensured that the two kept to their own waters without troubling each other.
After sitting quietly outside the Sacred Ground for a while, Xiao Fan lingered no longer.
You Ruo could not come out, and he could not waste time here now. After all, the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill was a seventh-grade pill, while he was still only a Sixth-Tier Alchemist. He needed more time before he could advance to the seventh tier.
When he emerged from the Sacred Ground behind the Snake-People Tribe's settlement, Zi Yan and Xiao Yan had already returned. With You Ruo unavailable, Xiao Fan abandoned the idea