In the living room.
The old man didn't even give Xiao Ye a decent look, not sparing him so much as a glance.
The old woman, on the other hand, smiled openly and looked Xiao Ye over from head to toe. Even with her face lined by wrinkles, one could still tell she had been a beauty in her youth.
Their appearances bore an eighty-percent resemblance to Gu Qingcheng.
But there was a gloomy aura of lifelessness radiating from their bodies, as if they had been tainted by something moldy and stale.
Gu Qingcheng, her face full of heartache, sat down between the two elders and said, "Dad, Mom, where have you been all this time? Were you doing okay?"
"All these years, I searched every Demon Beast mountain range around Hang City, but I couldn't find you anywhere. I even thought you'd been devoured by Demon Beasts, not even your bones left behind."
Upon hearing this, the old man and old woman's expressions grew complex, a deep fear flickering in both their eyes, as they said,
