"Thank you for protecting me, seniors!"
The energy within Xiao Yan gradually subsided, and his cultivation stabilized in the Dou Zun Realm. He looked up at Venerable Feng and the other two standing nearby, a faint smile appearing on his face.
Venerable Feng shook his head, his gaze settling on Xiao Yan. With emotion written across his face, he shook his head again. "Your future knows no bounds..."
Beside him, Iron Sword Venerable and Heavenly Fire Venerable looked at Xiao Yan and nodded in agreement. Then Heavenly Fire Venerable caught the flash of disappointment in Xiao Yan's eyes and reassured him. "Don't worry. You know how strong your Senior Brother is. With him heading out, the Hall of Souls should be the ones nursing a headache."
"All we need to do is keep Starfall Pavilion safe..."
Xiao Yan nodded, gazing in the direction Xiao Fan had departed, light flickering in his eyes.
Outside Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Fan emerged from the formation concealing it. He glanced back at the gateway as it vanished into the void again, then lingered no longer. After briefly getting his bearings, he opened a spatial rift before him and stepped inside. When he reappeared, he was already far from Starfall Pavilion.
Tearing through the void along the way, Xiao Fan hurried toward the eastern Central Plains.
More than a month had passed, yet the Hall of Souls still had not chosen to act. It had even suppressed the news that Starfall Pavilion had destroyed one of its branches.
Xiao Fan understood that the Hall of Souls' inaction did not mean it had abandoned its plans against Starfall Pavilion. It had merely put them aside for now.
Before the Hall of Souls struck again, Xiao Fan certainly would not sit around waiting to die.
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