"Li Sheng, Aunt had only come to see you, and to take this chance to deliver Fu Tian's relics." Gu Qingyan smiled. "Let us not speak of anything else."
"...Yes."
Gu Li Sheng's expression grew somewhat weathered as he cupped his fists. "Aunt, should the Immortal Voyage face danger, Li Sheng will definitely come to its aid."
"Good." Gu Qingyan smiled warmly. After giving Gu Li Sheng a deep look, she turned and departed.
Gu Li Sheng watched Gu Qingyan's retreating figure, gazing after her for a long time.
By age, Aunt was little more than a little girl before him. Yet Father's generation had begun roaming the world at a very young age, slaying demons and eliminating evil, putting life and death aside. He could see that Aunt, too, bore an inexpressible grief in her heart.
But he did not dare ask further.
"Wait!!"
Suddenly, surging grand radiance flashed across the horizon, arriving in great haste. "Ancestor Gu, wait!!"
That impatient voice was too easy to recognize. Ke Ding, that old scholar who studied the immortal histories of the ages, had arrived. His face was full of excitement; no matter what, he could not let this one get away.
"...fellow Daoist." Gu Qingyan turned around, surprise on her face. It was rare to see an immortal in such a frantic state.
The Ominous Old Ancestor's expression turned solemn as he silently offered Ke Ding a cupped fist salute. This was a life-and-death friend of the Dao Ancestor; he did not dare show disrespect.
"I am Ke Ding, Dao Master of this generation's Heavenly Secrets Dao Palace."
As Ke Ding rode the clouds and mist, he excitedly cupped his fists. "Greetings, Ancestor Gu. Since you have already come, why act in such haste? Now that the Immortal Realm has opened,