Only after seeing that Senior Sister Ziyan was unharmed did he breathe a sigh of relief and call out joyfully:
"Senior Sister Ziyan!"
After gazing at Xu Taiping for a long while, Xu Ziyan suddenly felt her eyes burn as she said:
"Taiping, you actually... you really came!"
Xu Taiping said solemnly:
"I promised Second Senior Brother."
Looking deeply reassured, Xu Ziyan took Xu Taiping's hand and gently patted its back, nodding repeatedly as she said:
"No wonder your Second Senior Brother still firmly believed you would come looking for him, even under those circumstances."
Xu Taiping's heart immediately tightened, and he asked in surprise:
"Senior Sister Ziyan, have you already seen Second Senior Brother?"
Xu Ziyan nodded, then said gravely:
"To be precise, I saw him twice."
"The first time, your Second Senior Brother was being hunted by the Ghost Monks under that Mad Monk. To keep the Mad Monk from learning of my existence, we only spoke briefly."
"The second time, your Second Senior Brother... he was merging with the inheritance of a powerful Ghost King of Yellow Springs."
"At the time, a trace of his Divine Sense still remained, so he told me, one by one, his intentions in merging with the Ghost King Inheritance and what would have to be done afterward."
At this point, Xu Ziyan raised her head and said gravely:
"At the time, as far as I could see, your Second Senior Brother's attempt to merge with the Ghost King Inheritance was no different from seeking his own death."
"In particular, there was one task among them that I could never accomplish on my own in a single day. So no matter what, I didn't want him to go on."
"But your Second Senior Brother told me then that you would definitely come