Atop a hill thick with cedars, dozens of miles from the Barbarian Tribe Sacred Mountain.
Gu Chenfeng and the others followed the traces of their auras there and saw three familiar, graceful figures.
The Female Imperial Preceptor, aloof and otherworldly in her purple Daoist robes.
And Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue, both beautiful, yet utterly different in bearing.
At the sight of Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue, Gu Chenfeng felt pleasantly surprised and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He had never wanted to drag the two women into the battle in the Hidden Dragon Mountains, yet in the end, they had still become involved.
Gu Chenfeng had been worrying about their safety all along.
Afterward, he had learned from his grandfather and father.
After the battle ended, neither woman had returned to the Azure Sky Sect or the Gu God Sect.
Instead, they had left the Hidden Dragon Mountains with the Imperial Preceptor.
Gu Chenfeng had kept sending people to inquire after them throughout the Great Li Dynasty.
He had never expected them to come to the Northern Frozen Expanse to meet him of their own accord.
When the three women saw Gu Chenfeng appear, composed and unhurried.
Even the Female Imperial Preceptor's beautiful eyes widened slightly in disbelief.
"You... you're actually still alive!"
Shangguan Bingxin's and Su Wanyue's eyes had been somewhat dim and lifeless.
The instant they saw Gu Chenfeng, both their gazes became brilliantly bright.
Had the Female Imperial Preceptor, Gu Beiwu, and the others not been present.
They probably would already have rushed over to check whether Gu Chenfeng was truly unharmed, or whether this was even him.
"It's a long story. I only managed to preserve my life through a stroke of luck."
Gu Chenfeng spoke with a smile but offered no further explanation.