The one responsible for taking them to the Secret Realm entrance was Shi Lei, the Senior Disciple of Xie Ying, the Peak Master of Stone Forest Peak.
Shi Lei was the oldest among the personal disciples of his generation, already over five hundred years old, yet he still looked like a young man in his thirties.
In her previous life, Su Jiu had barely crossed paths with him. In this life, she had gotten to know his disciple, Shi Ya, first instead.
After three years apart, Su Mianmian had begun to shoot up as well. She had acquired some of a young maiden's grace, and most of her baby fat had faded, but her large almond eyes remained bright.
When the pretty, lively girl saw Su Jiu, her eyes curved with her smile, and she immediately threw her arms around her.
"A Jiu, I missed you so much!"
Jin Chen was now fifteen and had truly grown into a young man. Perhaps because he had matured, he had long since put away his recklessness and impulsiveness without anyone noticing when. Now he seemed more like uncut jade, its luster held within.
Only Su Jiu noticed that Jin Chen's gaze seemed to keep lingering on Su Mianmian.
Once he realized Su Jiu had caught him, Jin Chen shifted his gaze away as though nothing had happened.
If not for his slightly reddened ears, Su Jiu might actually have believed he had merely glanced at Mian Mian by chance.
Su Jiu raised an eyebrow. As Su Mianmian chattered like a little bird beside her ear about everything that had happened over the past three years, she cast Jin Chen a somewhat pitying look.
Jin Chen would probably have quite a wait before Mian Mian caught on.
Jin Chen suddenly shivered, feeling that