After sending Ye Lan away, Gu An's life continued. Though his heart harbored some melancholy, he did not stop his pursuit of becoming stronger.
He would leave his home every other day to gather medicinal herbs from various Medicine Valleys and take the chance to guide the guardians of these valleys. His days were fulfilling.
As summer gave way to autumn, withering yellow slowly blanketed the landscape of Great Heaven and Earth.
On this day,
a man dressed in black descended from the sky, landing on a mountain peak at the edge of the Third Medicine Valley. His long black hair fluttered, his robe billowed, and he exuded a vigorous spirit.
It was Li Ya!
After hundreds of years, he returned and looked upon the Third Medicine Valley with profound emotions.
His gaze swept across every corner of the Third Medicine Valley, finding many places both familiar and unfamiliar. When his eyes landed on a certain pavilion, a complex expression appeared on his face.