As the words fell, they also arrived before the Divine Phoenix Hall.
Huai Jingming stopped and bowed, saying,
"We've arrived. Please go in."
Now that it had truly come to this moment, Fan Wubing instead was no longer nervous.
He smiled and said, "Thank you."
Then he pushed the door open and walked in.
Time inside was frozen. Fan Wubing sensed it at once—the Eternal Cosmos Dao hovered here. No matter how many years passed outside, this place remained utterly motionless.
He looked at the Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable, who sat with her back to him at a low desk,
"So this is the way you use to run away from the passage of years?"
Si Jiuyou was in the middle of writing something with her brush. She stayed silent at first, and after a while, her voice of will resounded in Fan Wubing's mind,
"Why didn't you discuss it with me?"
"What?" Fan Wubing froze.
Si Jiuyou added,
