Upon hearing this, Yan Qi suddenly felt quite embarrassed and said, "Back then... I was just..."
He hemmed and hawed but couldn't articulate any good reason.
"Just be grateful that Brother Gu didn't take you seriously back then, otherwise your grave's grass would be over ten feet tall by now," Wang Yuan laughed heartily.
Far away, Gu Chen had of course heard the conversation of Wang Yuan and others, but he didn't pay much attention, merely smiling as he passed by.
All of these were matters from when he first arrived at Qingyun Academy.
Back then, he came for the second piece of the broken jade, and now, the ancient jade was nearing completion, with only the last piece missing.
...
Gray Domain, Han State.
After the passage of many years, Gu Chen returned to this place once again, and his expression inevitably became somewhat emotional.
