"Zhiyuan, what are you doing here?" Yun Che flew up toward Su Zhiyuan.
Su Zhiyuan waved the Guiding Jade Talisman in her hand. "You'd been inside the ruins so long without coming out that I was worried something had happened to you. I followed the talisman's marker here and ended up opening this place by accident."
Bai Qingyan raised an eyebrow at Yun Che and smiled. "Looks like you've got a romantic debt of your own."
Yun Che shook his head helplessly. He had never expected Su Zhiyuan, whom he had actually had little to do with, to risk her life entering the ruins to find him.
"Whatever it is, let's get out first and talk afterward."
The three had only just left the ruins when Bai Qingyan's expression turned cold. Her Ice Sword was already pointing straight ahead, its chill cutting painfully into their cheeks.
"Ling Xuanzhou, you're awake?"
As soon as she spoke, a coquettish laugh rang out overhead. A figure in pink drifted down, and Liu Yan stood in the light with her arm linked through a man's, her voice dripping with sweetness.
"Sister, long time no see."
Ling Xuanzhou did not even look at her, merely saying indifferently, "Qingyan, thank you for all your efforts over the years. Hand over the Beginningless Pill Scripture and the Yin-Yang Sword Canon."
Bai Qingyan's grip on the Ice Jade Immortal Sword tightened sharply. Disbelief, disappointment, and coldness churned in her eyes as she stared at Ling Xuanzhou's pale yet radiant face, her voice as cold as profound ice smashing against the ground.
"I guarded the Ice Palace for you all these years and risked half my life in the Beginningless Ruins to find the Alchemy Scripture and lift your curse. So you were never mad at all? Your Dead