After leaving the hall, Xiao Yan followed the habits of his previous life and went up to the mountain behind the clan grounds alone. The two little girls, Zi Yan and Qing Lin, had wanted to follow him, but he casually sent them away. He disliked being disturbed when he was quietly thinking.
He sat on the grass and gazed at the distant Magical Beast Mountain Range, the place where he had first met Xiao Yi Xian. Looking in that direction, he sighed helplessly. The feeling of things slipping beyond his control was truly awful. "If I'd known it would turn out like this, I never should have left her in Wutan City..."
At this point, regret would do him no good, so Xiao Yan soon gathered his thoughts and began planning his next move. Just then, he sensed a graceful figure in green darting toward him. He exhaled softly, turned his head, and smiled. "It's been a few years. You've grown prettier and prettier, little girl."
The girl who appeared on the mountain was none other than Xun'er, whom Xiao Yan had not seen for five long years. He still remembered how, in the beginning, perhaps because of his experiences in his previous life, seeing Xun'er had always involuntarily reminded him of Hun Dai'er. As a result, he had treated her with extreme coldness.
But after everything he had experienced over these years, he had become much less preoccupied with his previous life. Especially after meeting Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others, his personality had changed somewhat. He also understood perfectly well that the two of them were not the same person. There was no reason to let his history with someone else affect how he viewed her.
Besides, for some reason, every time he saw her,