165: Chapter 165 Waiting for an Old Friend to Return

Nangong Qing's eyes widened abruptly, and she looked at the figure before her in disbelief.

The words "Little Qing" brought her back to her youth in a dream.

Under her disbelieving gaze.

The rosy light flickered, and the golden glow faded.

A figure clearly materialized.

A tall, slender figure, carrying a faint warmth, smiled at Nangong Qing.

Inside the room, the rosy light was gone.

Ji Yebai stood before Nangong Qing, a trace of wistfulness flashing in his eyes.

Who would have thought that after more than three hundred years, the little girl who used to follow behind him in their youth would reunite with him on the other side of the 357 Star Sector?

"You... are you...?"

Nangong Qing's eyes widened immediately. Various images flashed through her mind; she felt the figure before her was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't pinpoint exactly who it was.

Three hundred years had passed, and even though some secrets of the Spiritual Qi resurgence had been revealed, in Nangong Qing's memory, Ji Yebai had long since passed away.

Even though he was once called the second Xiantian Expert.

Because of this, the name Ji Yebai never crossed her mind.

However, the words "Little Qing" ultimately triggered her memory.

The face before her merged with that ordinary face in her memory.

Nangong Qing covered her mouth in shock, trembling as she said, "You... you are... Ji Yebai?"

Realizing this, when Nangong Qing looked at Ji Yebai again, everything suddenly became clear.

Although his temperament was vastly different, his features were almost identical.

There wasn't even a hint of aging.

It was as if time had never touched him.

"It's me!"

Ji Yebai smiled faintly. He paused and said, "What, you can't believe it?"

Nangong Qing covered her mouth, still looking at Ji Yebai in disbelief.

"It's really you!?"

Ji Yebai laughed again. He reached out his index finger and flicked Nangong Qing's delicate, straight nose, saying with a smile, "What, you don't believe it?"

Scenes from deep within her distant memories erupted in her mind at this moment.

That familiar scene convinced Nangong Qing that the person before her was truly him.

"It's really you!!!"

"You... you... you..."

Nangong Qing's beautiful eyes widened. She walked up to Ji Yebai, looked him up and down, and was extremely pleasantly surprised.

She never expected that she would be able to see Ji Yebai again.

Moreover, such a thing had never even crossed her mind.

"When did you immigrate?"

"Why haven't I seen you before!?"

"Your... your cultivation..."

Surprise, astonishment, and disbelief—a mix of emotions overwhelmed her, causing even a great expert of the Life and Death Realm like her to lose her composure.

Of course, this was also due to her Soul having been repaired, and the rollercoaster of shock and joy.

Seeing the joy on Nangong Qing's pretty face, Ji Yebai's mood also lifted.

One of the four great joys in life.

One of them is meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

And Nangong Qing was not just an old friend; she was a witness to Ji Yebai's lost youth.

"I came over a dozen years ago. When I woke up earlier and discovered that you had all left the Solar System, I was truly shocked!"

Ji Yebai said gently.

"A dozen years!?"

Nangong Qing knitted her delicate brows, looking at Ji Yebai, still finding it hard to believe.

Arriving here only a dozen years ago meant that Ji Yebai had been on the Blue Star all that time.

Nangong Qing understood the current situation there.

It was only at the level capable of producing Xiantian Experts.

After becoming a Xiantian Expert, it was impossible to continue to Cultivate.

But now...

His cultivation...

Nangong Qing looked at Ji Yebai suspiciously.

She felt that Ji Yebai was lying to her.

Because the strength Ji Yebai had just displayed was definitely not the Xiantian Realm.

Thinking about those methods now, she couldn't understand them at all.

How could that be Xiantian!?

Even if it were the Life and Death Realm, it would be a high stage, right!?

"Did you really come here a dozen years ago!?"

Nangong Qing's expression shifted, and she looked at Ji Yebai with suspicion.

"When have I ever lied to you!"

Ji Yebai looked at Nangong Qing with amusement.

Perhaps because she had just experienced a shift between life and death and had met an old friend, Nangong Qing's expression at this moment was nothing like the noble Fairy Mingyu who had been radiating divine light earlier.

Instead, she looked like a pretty young girl.

"A dozen years ago..."

Nangong Qing looked at Ji Yebai, frowning slightly.

She suddenly remembered something.

Over a dozen years ago, there was a rumor that another expert had been discovered on the Blue Star.

Combining that rumor with Ji Yebai's explanation, Nangong Qing started to believe him a bit.

However.

"You, just now... what was that cultivation level?!"

Nangong Qing asked curiously, her eyes wide.

You have to know, her problem was Soul collapse. No one in the entire Blue Star Civilization had ever heard of anyone being able to treat such an injury.

Even the Pansi Civilization currently in the 357 Star Sector had not discovered a way to treat the Soul.

The power of the Soul is ethereal; technology cannot help at all, and as for current cultivation.

To be honest, before today, she thought that Soul collapse was incurable.

Although she didn't know if Bai Zhu had a way to stop Soul collapse.

But even if he did, it would require a huge price.

Because even the number one person in the world, Bai Zhu, had a Life and Death Realm expert by his side who had died from Soul collapse on the Nine-Turn Soul Refining Path.

"Just a little bit higher than yours!"

Ji Yebai looked at Nangong Qing with a smile.

Seeing the little girl also put him in an exceptionally good mood.

Especially since he was already in a good mood after his Breakthrough.

Upon hearing this, Nangong Qing rolled her eyes at Ji Yebai.

She didn't believe such nonsense.

Next, Nangong Qing, in a very happy mood, pulled Ji Yebai aside to chat.

She was even more curious about Ji Yebai's past.

Before the Great Migration back then, the National Security Bureau had contacted all the prominent experts in the world.

At that time, everyone learned about some secret information.

And they learned the name Ji Yebai.

Thinking about it now, Nangong Qing still found it hard to believe.

The creator of the Longevity Fist, the world's second Xiantian Expert.

He even explored the Crystal People's Tower of Heaven together with Bai Zhu.

However, Ji Yebai was not present at that national mobilization.

It was said that the National Security Bureau had even sent people specifically to look for him, but they ultimately found nothing.

And now, Ji Yebai had appeared right before her.

This surprised Nangong Qing.

As her memories became clearer, the way Nangong Qing looked at Ji Yebai became even more curious.

Ji Yebai looked at Nangong Qing's curious gaze and smiled silently.

Then he briefly described his situation.

When Ji Yebai said he had stumbled upon the Longevity Fist by chance, Nangong Qing didn't believe it.

But when Ji Yebai told the story of his Breakthrough to the Xiantian Realm, Nangong Qing was very curious.

And when Ji Yebai told her that he had been in seclusion for three hundred years and had only woken up a dozen years ago, it directly shocked Nangong Qing.

After a conversation, the slight sense of estrangement between the two quickly dissipated.

"It's really fortunate that you were able to wake up!"

Nangong Qing said with emotion.

Afterward, she paused and continued, "So what is your strength now!? You must be at a high level of Soul Refining, right!?"

She widened her eyes, staring curiously into Ji Yebai's eyes.

"Er..."

Ji Yebai nodded helplessly and smiled, "Mm, high stage!"

"I knew it..."

Nangong Qing feigned annoyance.

"Hmph!"

"You wouldn't say it earlier."

The reunion of old friends is a pleasant surprise.

When the two stopped talking and walked out of the room side by side, it was already dawn.

The servant who had come to clean the courtyard widened her eyes as she watched the two walk out of the room side by side, and was completely shocked.

She was so frightened that she hurried to report to the head of the Nangong Family.

Because the head of the family had said that anything concerning Old Ancestor Nangong Qing was more important than anything else.