Only a few members of the younger generation remained in the sitting room. Although Yun Jing belonged to the generation above them, he showed no awareness whatsoever of his role as an elder. He still sat there, watching their interactions with great interest.
Yun Chao was rather curious about Su Jiu as well. He had keenly noticed that, when she entered the room, he seemed to be the first person she looked at. Although her gaze was cool, he felt that she regarded him with a certain familiarity and goodwill.
Yun Chao searched his memories carefully. He really did not seem to know such a girl. Judging by her bone age, she was clearly quite young. His younger cousin had said she belonged to the Azure Tide Sect on the Azure Mist Continent, and this was her first visit to Nameless Island. Yet in his twenty-five years, he had never visited the Azure Mist Continent, nor had he ever seen anyone like her since returning to Nameless Island.
Su Jiu was so beautiful that she was almost impossible to overlook in a crowd. If he had seen her before, he surely would not have forgotten her.
With that question on his mind, he stayed after the elders left, watching his younger cousin talk to the girl.
Yun Huanling dropped his flippant manner and asked instead, "What exactly happened? Why did it take you two years to come out?"
Su Jiu said, "I was injured. Healing took some time." In truth, most of that time had been spent refining the Ice-Origin Spirit Pearl inside her.
"Don't tell me you got into a fight with the people inside after I left." Although Yun Huanling asked this, he did not believe Su Jiu was someone who would start trouble.
Su Jiu shook her