"Hm? Young Hero Song, how have you grown so much younger after more than a decade?"
Although Xiao Zhi had recognized Song Yan, she was quite astonished.
The two briefly caught up.
Song Yan smiled, his words carrying a hint of teasing. "Heroine Xiao Zhi, you're the truly remarkable one."
"We haven't seen each other in barely a dozen years, and you're already competing to become the Mohist School's Juzi."
"When I received your message on Jun Mountain, I could hardly believe it."
At this, Ruan Zhi glanced guiltily at Zhou Zhu beside her. "Uh... hehe, Young Hero Song, don't tease me. Actually... I stayed here because they caught me."
"If I can't become the Mohist School's Juzi, I'm going to die!"
"Huh?" Song Yan froze.
"What... why would you die?"
Ever since receiving the letter, Song Yan had been relaxed and cheerful.
Even when talking about it with Xiao Ju and Snake Treasure on the way here, he had treated it as an outing to see an old friend.
After all, as he saw it, even failing to win the Juzi position would be no great matter.
Ruan Zhi was a mechanical person. As long as she avoided fighting, she could theoretically live forever.
She could simply outlast this generation's Juzi and enter the next contest.
He had never expected such startling words from Ruan Zhi, leaving him all the more bewildered.
"Allow me to explain."
Zhou Zhu then gave Song Yan a concise account of the circumstances surrounding the matter.
"Unsolved Spiritual Resonance is an inherited treasure of our Mohist School. Alongside two other treasures, it symbolizes the Juzi's authority. Its inexplicable disappearance is no trivial matter."
Song Yan gave Ruan Zhi a somewhat speechless look.
*Something this serious, and you didn't mention a word of it in