"X-Xiao Yang? Are you okay?" Tian Yanyu asked him when she noticed that he had tears in the corner of his eyes.
However, almost as though he couldn't hear her, Yuan remained silent as he stared at the graveyard.
Perhaps he'd recognized these swords. Even though he himself might not remember them, his soul remembers the time they had spent together.
In his daze, Yuan started to approach the Sword Graveyard, and it even looked like he wanted to reach for one of the swords there.
When Tian Suyin saw this, she immediately sprang into action and grabbed him by the collar before yanking him back.
"Whoa?!"
This snapped Yuan out of his daze.
"Are you crazy?!" Tian Suyin shouted at him afterward.
"You cannot touch these swords! Anyone that does so will face severe punishment!"
"Eh? Really?" Yuan expressed genuine surprise, as he didn't know about this.
"Many people have tried to take a sword from this place, but all of them have perished after being punished. Even Immortals have died in this place, so no matter how talented you are, even you won't survive." Tian Suyin explained.
And she continued, "The only thing we are allowed to do here is study these swords and hopefully learn something from it."
"Is that so… Sorry, and thank you for waking me up. I don't know what just happened to me." Yuan said.
"Are you okay?" Tian Yanyu asked him again.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Yuan asked with a puzzled face, still unaware that he had been crying just now.
Tian Yanyu pointed at his eyes and said in a low voice, "You're crying…"
"What?"
Yuan quickly wiped his eyes, and sure enough, it was wet.
"Why did I…?" He muttered in a dazed voice.
Jin Xi silently stared at Yuan with narrowed eyes, seeming in deep thoughts.
"Pft. That idiot really tried to take a sword from this place…"
"Why did she have to stop him? It would've been a spectacular sight to see him get punished."
Yuan suddenly heard voices that he was unfamiliar with, and they were laughing at him.
He looked around, and it was at this moment that he realized they were not alone.
There were over a hundred other people there at glance, which surprised him.
"I thought not many people dare to venture into the inner areas?" He asked Tian Suyin.
"Since this is just the border and the least dangerous area, many people risk their lives to come here, especially since the techniques they can learn in this place are at least Divine-rank."
"Is that so…"
Yuan didn't mind the mockery and acted as though they weren't even there.
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