"Hello, hello! Long time no see."
Huo Yuhao reached out and hurriedly caught Ning Tian as she ran toward him with tears in her eyes. He gently patted her back, reminding her that there were other people here.
Yet Ning Tian, who had always been wise and intelligent, revered as the brains of the Body Sect, turned into a koala in front of Huo Yuhao. She clung to him without moving, as though afraid he would run away the moment she let go.
"Uh, well..." Huo Yuhao scratched his head awkwardly, then laughed. "Well, it's been years. I never imagined you'd miss me this much."
"Huo Yuhao, you're back," Xu Jiujiu said excitedly.
She understood what Huo Yuhao's appearance meant. He was now a godlike figure to both the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineers and its military. Otherwise, Xu Tianran would never have been so eager to kill the donkey once the millstone was unloaded and erase every trace of him.
"Princess Jiujiu, it's been years. You've gotten even prettier." Huo Yuhao chuckled. By then, Ning Tian had finally "climbed" down from him and hidden in a corner of the room, her face flushed crimson.
With Huo Yuhao around, Ning Tian had no need to display her intelligence. Only in private would the two of them review what had happened before. That had long been an unspoken understanding between them.
"Tianji, Aotian, come on, let's have a hug too!" Huo Yuhao spread his arms and smiled at Xu Tianji and Long Aotian.
"Brother Huo, I can no longer see through your fate," Xu Tianji said in surprise.
Long Aotian spoke up as well. "I thought my progress over these past three years was already fast enough. But seeing you now feels like looking at a towering mountain I could never