"Xiao Yan, mark my words! You'd better never leave the Black-Corner Region, or even if you flee to the ends of the earth, I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces!"
After leaving that vicious threat behind, Medusa turned into a streak of light and shot out of the Skyburner Qi Refining Tower, so fast that even Su Qian was left dumbstruck.
"...Who was she?"
Su Qian stared at Xiao Yan, utterly bewildered.
Hadn't Xiao Yan entered the Skyburner Qi Refining Tower alone? How... had a woman appeared out of nowhere?
More importantly...
Su Qian looked the still-naked Xiao Yan up and down, his expression peculiar.
"...Do you have clothes in your Storage Ring?"
"...Yes."
After putting on his clothes, Xiao Yan finally felt that everything was heading back toward normal. But when he thought of Medusa, he sighed again with a bitter smile.
What even was all this...? This wasn't what I'd had in mind when I first fished Little Cai out...
"So what exactly is going on? I sensed the Fallen Heart Flame's aura starting to reappear, so I thought I'd come down and take a look... Who was that woman? You two..."
Even an old geezer like Su Qian now had eyes brimming with gossip.
There was no helping it. This turn of events was so unexpected that a little extra curiosity was perfectly natural.
"Please don't ask... Let's just get out of here. I've been here so long... How long has it been, again?"
Xiao Yan's smile looked almost like he was crying, but a trace of bewilderment remained in his eyes.
Down below, he had lost all sense of time, so he had no idea how long this bout of "bitter cultivation" had taken.
"It's been almost two years since you entered the Magma World."
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