"Miaomiao, is it really you?"
"Does this mean your mother is from the Nine Souls Holy Clan?"
"You've been back with the Nine Souls Holy Clan this whole time?"
Chu Feng asked question after question.
Xian Miaomiao didn't answer. Instead, she looked toward the two Supreme Elders.
"Grandpa Xuan Sheng, Grandma Tian Sheng, I'd like to speak with him alone."
As soon as the words left her mouth, the black-haired old man understood what she meant.
With a wave of his arm, a surge of power sealed Chu Feng and Xian Miaomiao together.
The two of them were now in an isolated space, cut off from the outside world.
Then, Xian Miaomiao began to talk with Chu Feng.
Through their conversation, Chu Feng learned what had happened to her.
Back then, Xian Miaomiao had been forcibly taken from the Sacred Land of Martial Arts and brought to the Nine Souls Holy Clan by her mother.
However, her mother felt that Xian Miaomiao's cultivation at the time was far too weak.
So she had gone to extraordinary lengths to rapidly elevate her daughter's power.
To push Xian Miaomiao's cultivation higher, her mother used a vast array of rare treasures and the secret arts of the Nine Souls Holy Clan.
During this process, although Xian Miaomiao's cultivation soared at a breathtaking pace, it placed an enormous burden on her body. Eventually, she could no longer bear it, and the strain caused her to lose her memories.
She could no longer recall any of her experiences in the Sacred Land of Martial Arts.
She forgot that she had ever come from the Sacred Land of Martial Arts.
And her mother, in truth, didn't want Xian Miaomiao to keep dwelling on matters related to the Ancestral Martial Lower Realm.
So she lied to her daughter, making Xian Miaomiao believe that she had grown up within the Nine Souls Holy Clan from childhood.
That was why she had never returned to the Sacred Land of Martial Arts, and never gone back to the Sacred Light Starfield to find Chu Feng.
Even before this, while she was still in her state of amnesia, it had been Chu Feng's voice that felt profoundly familiar to her. And when she saw his eyes, she recognized him — and her memories came flooding back.
Of course, Xian Miaomiao also told Chu Feng that those who had tormented him, along with those others from the Nine Souls Holy Clan, had all already been killed by her.
"So it was because of me that you recovered your memories."
"It seems I hold a rather special place in your heart, little one."
Learning the full story, Chu Feng couldn't help but smile and sigh with emotion.
If Xian Miaomiao hadn't shown up today, he really might have lost his life here.
"Of course you do. You're my best friend."
A smile that she couldn't quite conceal spread across Xian Miaomiao's face.
"But Miaomiao, won't you get into trouble for killing members of your own clan?"
Chu Feng asked.
"No. Even within the Nine Souls Holy Clan, status and rank are strictly observed. Those people were of low standing. I'm a princess — no one would dare cause trouble over their deaths."
Xian Miaomiao answered with absolute confidence.
"Then why did you come here?"
Chu Feng asked curiously.
He had already realized that Xian Miaomiao and that Princess Youyou hadn't come to this place together.
In fact, Xian Miaomiao had simply been passing through the area and had happened to encounter Chu Feng.
Such a coincidence was almost impossible to believe, yet it had happened all the same.
Still, Chu Feng was curious about why Xian Miaomiao's path had led her here.
"I came here looking for a secret location."
As she spoke, Xian Miaomiao produced a map.
Seeing that map, Chu Feng felt a wave of astonishment.
The map in Xian Miaomiao's hands was identical to the ones held by the Yu Clan's Heavenly Clan Patriarch and the Black and White Killers.
The only difference was that the routes on Xian Miaomiao's map had already vanished, leaving behind only the three characters — Chu Hanxian.
"But it's strange. Just a little while ago, the routes on this secret location's map disappeared."
Xian Miaomiao held the map and murmured with a puzzled expression.
"So you came here for this secret location too."
Chu Feng smiled meaningfully.
In truth, he knew why the routes on the map had disappeared.
Because that secret location had already closed.
"Wait — could it be that you also came here for the same reason?"
Xian Miaomiao looked at Chu Feng.
"I did."
Chu Feng and Xian Miaomiao were friends who had literally risked their lives for one another. There was no need for him to hide anything from her.
"Oh my heavens, what an incredible coincidence!"
"Then I really ought to thank this map properly."
"Otherwise, who knows when I would have recovered my memories, and who knows when I'd ever see you again."
Xian Miaomiao sighed with feeling.
"That's right. What's that saying? 'Those destined to meet will find each other across a thousand miles.'"
Chu Feng grinned as he spoke.
Back in the Ancestral Martial Lower Realm, he and Xian Miaomiao had been through a great deal together.
Their old friends from that realm, limited by their talent, had all been left behind in the Ancestral Martial Lower Realm. It might still be possible to see them again someday, but they could never fight alongside Chu Feng any longer.
Now, encountering Xian Miaomiao here held tremendous meaning for him, and he was overjoyed.
"Oh right, Chu Feng — did you find the secret location?"
Xian Miaomiao asked.
"I did. It's right inside that mountain range."