The two Divine Shadow members nodded slowly, then concealed themselves once more, vanishing from sight.
"Go on. It's all right now."
Zuo Xiaonian looked at Zuo Xiaoduo, tenderness shimmering in her eyes. Suddenly, she leaned forward and, disregarding the two Divine Shadow members right beside them, gently pressed her soft red lips to his cheek.
"Xiao Duo, wait for me. I'll be back soon."
"Mm."
Feeling that soft coolness on his cheek, Zuo Xiaoduo felt an unprecedented surge of tender sweetness well up in his heart. He couldn't help grinning foolishly. "You kissed the wrong place. It should be here..."
As he spoke, he puckered his lips.
"Doggo!"
Zuo Xiaonian shouted in annoyance, then burst into a giggle. "I'm off."
Her graceful, light figure floated into the air. With a quiet turn, she had already flown through the window. She spun once, her robes fluttering in the gale, and gazed at Zuo Xiaoduo with her beautiful eyes. In a tone of absolute certainty, she said, word by word, "I will definitely come back. Wait for me!"
Her body turned, and she shot straight into the sky.
Like an immortal banished from the nine heavens, she slowly headed into the distance.
And at the very moment she rose into the air...
Qin Fangyang, Sister Lan, Han Song, and over a dozen other experts all leaped up, plunging into the howling, wind-swept night.
Keeping their distance to her left and right, they escorted Zuo Xiaonian toward the Star Martial Soul Crystal!
At that very same moment...
A crystalline shimmer suddenly appeared across the sky.
Amid the gale, great swathes of snowflakes drifted down in a way no one had anticipated!
As the dense snow fell, the wind that had been howling all this time gradually weakened. In less than half an hour,