After finishing their meal, the two strolled slowly along Sea God Lake, arm in arm.
The night breeze blew across the lake with a faint chill, and the glow of the streetlights fell onto the water, breaking into a flowing expanse of gold.
Huo Yutong leaned against his side, taking tiny steps.
Gu Xingyue did not hurry her, simply matching her pace.
Then a phoenix's cry rang out from the night sky.
Gu Xingyue knew who it was without looking up.
He had heard that sound far too many times, clear and lingering, carrying a scorching breath.
Golden-red light swept across the sky and landed before them.
Yan Shaozhe released her martial soul possession, her wings folding away as the flame patterns around her slowly faded.
She first glanced at the pair, her gaze lingering on Huo Yutong for an especially long time before returning to Gu Xingyue's face.
An irrepressible excitement surged within her.
She had never expected that she, too, would misjudge someone.
When Huo Yutong had first enrolled, she had given her a cursory glance and taken her for someone with a mediocre spiritual-type body martial soul, barely squeezed into the Soul Guidance Department through her connection to Gu Xingyue.
And what had come of that?
Twin Martial Souls, with an Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Scorpion.
Two soul masters with Ultimate Attributes had actually appeared in a single era. This meant that destiny favored Shrek.
Heaven's manifest mandate had arrived at this City on the Mountain Summit.
She drew a deep breath, suppressed her excitement, and walked up to Huo Yutong, making her voice especially gentle. "You're Yutong, aren't you? Someone very important would like to see you. Would you come with me?"
Huo Yutong froze for a moment and instinctively glanced at