It was as if Pei Laoliu was awakened by those words, and his expression suddenly froze, staring blankly at nothing for a long time before he came to his senses.
Their eyes returned to the direction of the World Tree, gazing from afar at its lush canopy and the large gate below, as if through this door they could see Water Blue Star at the far end of the universe.
After a moment, Master Liu finally sighed, emerging from his dazed state, and said softly:
"Ah, I've become muddle-headed..."
"You see, when I was young, my ambitions were just like that: tending my little plot of land and hoping to live a better life when the old district was demolished, surveying the streets and calculating areas. But in the end, all surrounding streets were demolished, while ours was preserved. I thought it would never be demolished, but alas, over the years, that old district couldn't escape the fate of being replaced by time..."
