After hearing the Pavilion Master's words, Xu Qingtong gave a wry smile and said, "Senior Sister Dongfang, I never imagined you founded Huijing Pavilion! Why didn't you say so earlier?"
The Pavilion Master of Huijing Pavilion was none other than Dongfang Hui, the gifted disciple of Jade Sound Pavilion and an old female acquaintance of Xu Qingtong's!
"Sect Master Xu, you have mistaken me for someone else. I am Huiqing, Pavilion Master of Huijing Pavilion."
"Pavilion Master Hui, could we speak somewhere private?"
Huiqing fell silent for a moment, then nodded.
Seeing her agree, Xu Qingtong leaped into the air and sped east.
Before long, he reached the coast. Xu Qingtong landed on an uninhabited island a short distance offshore.
A moment later, Pavilion Master Huiqing arrived close behind him.
"Senior Sister Dongfang, I searched for you after the calamity struck Central Province, but I never found you. After the calamity ended, Senior Sister Du even asked me whether you were still alive. But I never had any news of you!"
Huiqing stood with her back to Xu Qingtong without a word, but her eyes brimmed with tears.
"Senior Sister, whatever happened before, it's all in the past. I even forgave Old Dong, who brought you to Central Province, and made him Deputy Sect Master of the Tianhua Sect!"
At the mention of Dong Yunxiao, Dongfang Hui finally lost her composure. She turned around, her tear-streaked face like pear blossoms in the rain, and said, "His bringing me to Central Province was nothing but a transaction. If not for him, how could I have ended up like this?"
"Senior Sister, you've reached the late Nascent Soul stage now, too. Your cultivation is no lower than mine. What regrets could you still have?"
Dongfang Hui shook her head and said, "I