"What brings you here?" Xiao Yan was rather surprised to see Qing Yanjing. It had been some time since they last met. Although he had been back in the Great Thousand World for a while, Qing Yanjing had already returned to the Buddha Ancient Clan when he went to the Saint Abyss Continent. He had been thinking of finding time to visit her there, but she had come to him first.
As for how Qing Yanjing knew he was here, Xiao Yan was not surprised. His recent battle with the Fire Spirit Ancestor had already set the Great Thousand World abuzz. Once Qing Yanjing heard the news, she knew he was alive, and following the vine to its melon had led her here.
"It really is you..." Although she had already suspected it, Qing Yanjing could not help feeling startled when she saw Xiao Yan. After returning to the Great Thousand World from the Extraterritorial Evil Clan's territory, she had waited an entire month on the Saint Abyss Continent without seeing him. For a time, she had believed he might have died at the hands of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
But soon afterward, she heard about a man calling himself a Demon Emperor who had fought the Fire Spirit Ancestor. That Demon Emperor was also named Xiao Yan.
Young in appearance, dressed in black robes, skilled at controlling flames, and previously unknown to most people-those details were enough to remind Qing Yanjing of Xiao Yan, who had been missing for some time. That was why she had hurried over from the Buddha Ancient Clan, eager to see whether this newly risen overlord was him.
"What? You must be disappointed that I didn't die there, right?" Xiao Yan smiled faintly. "Didn't I tell you before? My life is far too stubborn