The unchanging gloom inside the cave left them with no sense of time.
After that brief conversation, the two maintained a tacit silence, as though neither wished to bring up that subject again.
Before long, Chu Luohen's injuries had largely healed.
And on the very day he recovered, the many souls that had been hiding all appeared.
Su Jiu was not surprised by their sudden appearance. Now that her cultivation level had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, almost nothing could escape her eyes.
She had known of these souls' existence from the very beginning.
She had left them alone because she knew they harbored no malice, and even felt a faint fondness for her.
For that reason, Su Jiu had let them be.
She had not expected them to reveal themselves on the day she was about to leave.
"Little girl, do you still remember me?"
The speaker was the soul of a young woman, accompanied by a somewhat familiar-looking man.
Seeing no reaction from Su Jiu, the woman could not help laughing. "It seems you've forgotten."
"Do you remember awakening a soul in the Taiji Secret Realm back then?"
Su Jiu searched her memories. A few breaths later, realization dawned on her. "You're the one who taught me Void Talisman Drawing."
The woman smiled faintly. "That was me. Come to think of it, I never formally introduced myself. I am Dao Lord Zhi Yue of the Azure Tide Sect, one of your ancestors.
"As for this expressionless fellow beside me, he is the true forefather of your Ice Veil Peak, its very first peak master, Dao Lord Zhijing."
Su Jiu recalled these two figures from the historical records.
Dao Lord Zhi Yue had died in the great war ten thousand years ago, while Dao Lord Zhijing had vanished without