Jiang Jichen disappeared into the Darkness, but his figure flickered and he silently returned to where he had parted with Luuo Xue.
After all, he couldn't rest easy leaving Luuo Xue by herself. He would only truly depart after the Luuo Family's Elders came to take her away.
When he returned and saw Luuo Xue's forlorn and sorrowful expression, an inexplicable sense of concern bloomed in Jiang Jichen's heart.
In his past life, such concerns would have been nothing but a fetter. He wouldn't have allowed them to linger in his heart for even a moment, lest they obstruct his path of cultivation.
And so, he had lost someone. Was she still out there, gazing at the distant constellations, lost in quiet thought, her longing as endless as the eternally flowing Star River?
But now, they were separated by two worlds. 'Is she alright?'
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