"Xiao— Yuan! Where have you been this whole time?! Do you have any idea how worried I was when you didn't return as planned?!"
After spending a good moment silently hugging him, Tian Yanyu suddenly exclaimed.
"I know, your mother gave me a handful at the entrance. And I'm sorry for being late. I was stuck inside the Nameless Emperor's Tomb and couldn't return until now." Yuan apologized again.
"Really?! Are you okay? It must have been terrifying!"
"I'm fine," he reassured her.
"What about you? I hope nothing happened after we separated," he then asked.
"Nothing happened. In fact, it was actually really boring after we reunited with the sect." Tian Yanyu shook her head, and she added, "I should've followed you."
"That would've been a really bad idea. I almost died a few times," he chuckled, ignoring the fact that he'd actually 'died' once.
The two of them would talk for several minutes while Tian Yanyu had her arms around him the entire, almost as though she was afraid he'd disappear the moment she let go.
Eventually, they got off the floor and made their way to the lobby, where Tian Suyin and Tian Xianzu were sitting around a table and drinking tea.
"Welcome back, young man." Tian Xianzu said with a smile, and he gestured at the chair beside him.
"Thank you," Yuan said as he sat down beside Tian Xianzu.
"I heard everything from from my wife. You're the first person that I know of to leave the Nameless Emperor's Tomb after it's sealed. Even calling it a miracle would not do it justice."
"I wasn't in a dangerous situation— it was just time-consuming."
"I'm just glad you're safe. After all, you're my family's savior, and we've yet to repay the debt."
"Savior?" Yuan raised his eyebrows in a puzzled manner.
Tian Xianzu nodded and said, "I heard about everything you've done for my wife and daughter— all the treasures you've given them, as well as saving them from danger."
"It wasn't much. I didn't need the treasures, and it was only natural for me to protect them," Yuan smiled.
"Still, we are grateful to you."
"Anyways, now that you have returned, what are your future plans?"
"I have one more business in this world before I start making my way to the Fourth Heaven," said Yuan.
"What?! You're leaving the Third Heaven already?!" Tian Yanyu exclaimed.
He nodded, "I am quite busy, after all."
Furthermore, although he won't mention this to them, the Third Heaven was currently crowded with people from the Upper Heavens, all of whom had come down there to hunt him. It wouldn't be wise for him to stay in the Third Heaven for too long.
"Then I will go with you to the Fourth Heaven!" Tian Yanyu exclaimed without even thinking, her devotion to him evident in her words.
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