The eastern region of the Central Plains was essentially Ancient Clan territory, with most of the large and small forces in the area being vassals of the Ancient Clan. This area was also known as the Ancient Realm.
Xiao Han made no stops, tearing open space and directly arriving at the center of the Ancient Realm, where the main family of the Ancient Clan resided.
She had never been to the eastern region of the Central Plains before. Her ability to accurately locate the space was thanks to the system.
For her, the four years in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower had been rely a few days, experiencing an illusion and a conversation. But for the system, it had truly been a full four years. If not for knowing Xiao Han's identity and that she couldn't possibly die like that, the system would have certainly broken down. After coming out, the system had beco even more talkative.
Fortunately, although the current Xiao Han was colder than before and appeared more aloof, she still had the sa patience for the system that had accompanied her for twenty-four years. Even though she didn't respond much, she at least listened attentively.
She appeared at the edge of the main family's residence. After so thought, out of courtesy, she didn't directly appear in the airspace above the center of the Ancient Clan's main family, nor did she conceal her aura.
Thus, the mont she appeared, Ancient Clan experts discovered her. Quite unfortunately, the one who ca to drive her away was Ling Quan, the commander of the Black Yun Army, whom she had briefly t four years ago.
Ling Quan, leading more than a dozen Black Yun Army mbers, ca aggressively to drive away the intruder. He imdiately recognized the not-so-unfamiliar woman standing on the open ground and instantly broke out in a cold sweat. When her silver eyes swept over him, he almost reflexively fell to his knees.
"Oh, it's Miss Xiao. My apologies for not welcoming you from afar," Ling Quan put on a cautious smile, inwardly cursing.
Wasn't she supposed to have died at Jia Nan Academy four years ago? How did she suddenly appear here?
Moreover, judging by the pressure around her, this person had clearly broken through to Dou Saint!
Ling Quan's mouth turned bitter. Had the gap between them grown to this extent in just four years?
Xiao Han's voice rang out, so cold that Ling Quan couldn't help but shiver: "I'm looking for Xun'er."
Ling Quan inwardly cursed his bad luck, but still maintained a cautious smile on his face, saying, "This... I need to request permission from the Clan Leader. Allowing soone into the main family's territory without authorization is a serious offense. I hope Miss Xiao won't put in a difficult position."
Xiao Han's brow furrowed imperceptibly. She was about to say sothing when she suddenly felt so fluctuations in the surrounding space. Along with it ca a familiar aura that she knew to her bones.
A voice that she had longed for day and night sounded out, seemingly carrying a tremor that even its owner could hardly detect.
"Senior Sister."
Hearing this voice, Xiao Han's pupils contracted slightly. She looked towards the source of the sound. This voice... was familiar to the very depths of her soul. Even if Xiao Han were to forget her own voice one day, she would never forget this voice etched into her soul.
"Xun'er..."
Her throat moved, and after a long mont, a low murmur slowly erged from Xiao Han's throat, with a dreamlike, unreal quality to it.
Ling Quan's expression beca sowhat unpleasant. His gaze turned towards the distorted space where a slender, graceful figure in green slowly stepped out, then lightly crossed the distorted space to appear in this world.
The woman wore green clothing, not extravagant, but subtly imbued with a nobility that seed to stand above heaven and earth. This nobility was not worldly opulence, but a kind of dignity as if she were the ruler of heaven and earth, like royal blood, ancient and enduring, undiminished through the ages.
Her three thousand strands of black hair were casually tied with a light purple silk ribbon, falling smoothly along her enchanting curves. Occasionally, when a light breeze blew, her hair would flutter, giving off an otherworldly air, like an immortal who had mistakenly entered the mortal realm, with an inviolable ethereal quality.
As her gaze moved upward, falling on the woman's delicate and charming face, Xiao Han's hand, hidden in her wide sleeve, clenched slightly. Her heart, which had been like dead water since erging from the tower, rippled slightly.
Her expression softened even more as she opened her arms towards Gu Xun'er, saying softly, "Xun'er."
Gu Xun'er's eyes suddenly reddened. She gently bit her teeth, then, under everyone's gaze, threw herself into Xiao Han's embrace, her arms tightly hugging Xiao Han's neck.
Xiao Han held the young woman in her arms tightly, the familiar scent washing over her, making her feel exceptionally at ease.
Soon, however, she was stunned into immobility. She could feel the fabric on her shoulder becoming damp, the scalding liquid seemingly burning her very soul.
"Xun'er?" The usually calm and collected Xiao Han was montarily at a loss. She wanted to release Gu Xun'er to see what was wrong, but Gu Xun'er held her so tightly that she couldn't let go.
The next second, she felt a pain in her shoulder. Without looking, she knew that Gu Xun'er had bitten down.
This pain was completely insignificant to Xiao Han. She didn't even furrow her brow, only gently patting Gu Xun'er's sowhat thin back to comfort her.
Before long, Gu Xun'er released her bite, instead burying her head in the crook of Xiao Han's neck.
"Senior Sister, you jerk." Soon, Gu Xun'er's voice ca through gritted teeth. Xiao Han keenly caught the tremor in it. "They all said you were dead..."
So that's it.
Xiao Han understood the reason for Gu Xun'er's loss of composure.
"It was my fault." Xiao Han's expression relaxed a bit. Her voice was soft, completely devoid of the coldness when facing others, instead filled with indescribable gentleness.
Gu Xun'er nestled in Xiao Han's embrace, holding her tightly, as if afraid that Xiao Han would disappear before her eyes the next mont.
Two elders had appeared alongside Gu Xun'er. When they saw Xiao Han, who had appeared in the Ancient Clan territory as if in provocation, their eyes were full of hostility. However, this hostility was completely shattered by shock when Gu Xun'er threw herself into the other's arms.
The two looked at each other, then shook their heads helplessly. Throughout the Ancient Clan, countless talented young geniuses were incredibly fond of and infatuated with Gu Xun'er, but all they ever received was her casual treatnt. Even when she occasionally smiled and talked with them, there was always a subtle coldness that kept them at a distance. These two black-robed elders had never seen anyone who dared to hold Gu Xun'er in their arms like this over the years.
No, they should say, they had never seen anyone who could make their usually calm and collected young miss throw herself into their arms so emotionally.
"If this news spreads back to the Ancient Realm, those youngsters might go crazy..." One white-haired, black-robed elder rolled his eyes and couldn't help but mutter.
"Young Miss Xun'er's judgnt shouldn't be poor. From what I know, this woman is a descendant of the Xiao family, and... it seems she had already broken through to Dou Venerate long ago," the other black-robed elder said calmly.
"Dou Venerate?" Hearing this, the white-haired elder showed an incredulous expression. "She's only about twenty-four this year, right? And she's already broken through to Dou Venerate? Moreover, wasn't the Xiao family's Dou God bloodline already... How could..."
"Who knows." The black-robed elder looked at the woman in the silver robe with crimson patterns, his usually serious and stern face showing a trace of satisfaction. "And it's said that was her achievent four years ago. Who knows what level she's reached now... With such talent and strength, she's indeed worthy of our young miss."
The white-haired elder nodded in agreent.
After embracing for a while, Gu Xun'er finally cald down under Xiao Han's comfort. When she raised her head again, she had stopped crying, only revealing a pair of reddened eyes.
Xiao Han's expression was gentle as she raised her hand and lightly tapped Gu Xun'er's nose with her index finger, saying softly, "How co after not seeing you for four years, you've turned into a crybaby?"
Gu Xun'er glared at her. What should have been a rather imposing glare took on a different flavor when paired with her slightly reddened eyes, instead becoming infinitely charming.
Xiao Han inwardly smiled, raising her hand to gently cover Gu Xun'er's eyes. She mobilized the spiritual energy within her body, and when she lowered her hand, Gu Xun'er had returned to her original appearance, as if she had never cried at all.
After being pressed down beneath the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and conversing with Wei Yiling, Xiao Han discovered that the spiritual energy that had completely rged with her Dou Qi had been separated out, and was now refining the Dou Qi within her body, assimilating it. This was unprecedented. Before this, due to the continuous growth of Dou Qi, the originally cultivated spiritual energy had gradually been transford into Dou Qi, until finally, there was almost only Dou Qi left in her body.
Spiritual energy was slightly stronger than Dou Qi, Xiao Han knew clearly. If she could transform all her Dou Qi into spiritual energy, then no one in this world would be able to match her, not even the top Dou God of this world. At that ti, tearing through the boundaries between planes and traversing ti and space would be nothing more than a trivial matter.
Rubbing her eyes, although she couldn't see her current appearance, Gu Xun'er guessed the aning behind Xiao Han's actions. She imdiately pouted and mumbled, "At least you have so conscience."
The two elders and the Black Yun Army mbers on the side had been watching the show for quite a while and felt a bit overwheld.
Releasing Gu Xun'er, Xiao Han turned her gaze to the two elders. The mont her gaze left Gu Xun'er, those silver eyes beca deep and icy cold.
"I am Xiao Han, greetings to the two elders." Though she said this, Xiao Han's attitude lacked the humility a junior should show towards elders.
The two elders didn't dare to quibble with her. They had just spoken with Ling Quan and knew that Xiao Han had broken through to Dou Saint.
They were only Dou Venerate. Facing a Dou Saint, even if the other party was a young junior, they didn't dare to assu the position of elders.
Moreover, their young miss's attitude towards this woman was clear. How could they dare to rely on their seniority?
"Young friend Xiao Han, there's no need for such formality," the white-haired elder stroked his beard, smiling genially. "Since you're the young miss's frie... ahem, friend, then co with us..."
Before the white-haired elder could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Gu Xun'er: "Grandfather Mo, she's not my friend, she's my girlfriend."
Hearing this, everyone present was stunned. The black-robed elder was the first to recover, smiling and saying, "I see, I see, girlfriend. Young miss, really now, you haven't even married yet and you're already taking her side. If you get married in the future... tsk tsk, that would be sothing."
Hearing the elder's teasing, Gu Xun'er's face reddened slightly, but she only let out a light snort.
The Black Yun Army youths, led by Ling Quan, looked sowhat disappointed, but aside from that, they didn't show any other negative emotions. This was because Xiao Han and they were not on the sa level at all; they simply couldn't be jealous.
Gu Xun'er held Xiao Han's hand and said softly, "Then will Senior Sister co back with Xun'er?"
Xiao Han tilted her head slightly, looking at her with gentle eyes, and nodded.
"Alright."
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