"Had he really come back?"
As they gazed at that handsome face, which grew more mature by the day, Cao Ying's phoenix eyes and Dan Chen's peach-blossom eyes both reddened.
Back then, Xiao Yan had merely behaved like a rogue in the Pill Tower, yet he had unwittingly hooked the hearts of two young girls.
Over the past two years, their alchemy had continued to improve, and they had become even more outstanding among the Pill Tower's many disciples. Yet both often sat silently lost in thought when no one was around.
The outgoing, eccentric Cao Ying was not quite so bad, but the more introverted Dan Chen would often stare blankly up at the sky in the stillness of the night.
Seeing the two girls wandering about as though their souls had left their bodies, their teacher, Xuan Yi, sometimes wanted to drag Xiao Yan back and teach him a proper lesson.
But she also knew Xiao Yan was not someone she could truly discipline, so she often went to the Starfall Pavilion to teach Yao Lao a lesson instead.
If she could not deal with the youngster, surely she could deal with the old man.
Fortunately, Yao Lao had broken through to Half-Saint in recent years. Otherwise, he might not have withstood Xuan Yi's relentless demands.
"Not bad, not bad!"
Up in the sky, Xiao Yan looked at the reddened eyes of the two girls, each beautiful in her own distinct way. Smiling, he clapped his hands and slowly walked down through space.
"Two years apart, and you're both sixth-grade alchemists now. Even your cultivation levels have risen by an entire realm."
Xiao Yan glanced at them with a smile.
Their aptitude for cultivation could not be considered top-tier, but that was only in comparison with the very