Little Fisher raised her small face, and reflected in her beautiful eyes was Chu Feng's visage.
She was studying him carefully.
And Chu Feng, likewise, was gazing at Little Fisher.
Although the changes were considerable, he could still find traces of the little girl from before in that delicate face.
It was said that a girl changes eighteen times before reaching maturity, growing more beautiful with each transformation.
But Little Fisher was different — she had been beautiful from childhood, and had only grown more so.
Yet Chu Feng's joy at seeing Little Fisher had little to do with how pretty she had become.
It was more a sense of wistfulness…
A wistfulness brought on by the passage of time. The tiny child from back then had now grown into a young woman.
And he himself was no longer the youth he once was.
But amidst that wistfulness, there was also joy — the joy of reuniting with a friend, which was a wondrous feeling for martial cultivators.
The world of martial cultivation was vast beyond measure. For so many people, a parting could very well be a final farewell.
It was precisely because he had experienced so much that Chu Feng understood just how rare it was for friends to meet again.
Hmm?
But suddenly, Chu Feng tensed and jerked his face back.
Little Fisher's face was leaning toward him again.
They were already close enough — any closer, and their lips would meet.
In Chu Feng's heart, Little Fisher was a little sister, and one certainly couldn't go around kissing one's sister.
"Haha, big brother, what are you doing?"
"I just wanted to get a good look at you. Why did you dodge?"
"Hmph — don't tell me you thought I was going to kiss you?"
A mischievous smile crept onto Little Fisher's face. That playful temperament was exactly the same as it had always been — not one bit had changed.
Hearing her say that, Chu Feng felt a touch of embarrassment, so he quickly changed the subject. "So, do you think I've changed much?"
"Not at all. Big brother is still the same — still that familiar feeling," Little Fisher said with a smile.
Her smile now was different from before.
It was no longer the mischievous grin from moments ago, but rather one of pure, heartfelt happiness.
"Oh right, big brother, how did you end up here?"
"How did you become a formation person?"
"And you…"
Little Fisher trailed off as her gaze landed on Chu Feng's number.
She suddenly realized something, and her little mouth fell open in astonishment.
"Big brother — you're that 521? You're the one who forged this barrier armor for me?"
"That's right."
Chu Feng didn't try to hide anything. He told Little Fisher the full story — how he had come to this place, everything he had experienced after becoming a formation person, and naturally, the current state of Jie Tian as well.
But when Little Fisher learned that Jie Tian had already extracted the power from that shell and that his barrier armor had grown even stronger, she didn't panic in the slightest.
"Don't worry, big brother. I'm not the slightest bit afraid of him."
"Let me take you somewhere good."
As she spoke, Little Fisher took to the sky with Chu Feng, soaring through the air.
The two traveled side by side. White clouds whipped past them in rapid succession while the landscape below shifted and changed.
Mountains, deserts, dense forests…
After passing through a vast expanse of jungle, the scenery ahead suddenly opened up.
An endless ocean stretched out before their eyes.
But the sea was peculiar — starlight shimmered across its surface, as though all the stars in the sky had been poured into this boundless sea.
With night now fallen, the heavens above and the waters below were alike filled with stars, merging into a single seamless expanse.
"Oooh~~~"
Upon seeing the ocean, Little Fisher let out a cry of delight and then plunged straight into the waves, pulling Chu Feng along.
Whether it was because she had always loved the ocean, or because it brought back memories of how she and Chu Feng had first met, she was now even more excited than before.
Even Chu Feng could clearly sense her elation.
But it was worth noting that once Little Fisher entered the sea, her speed became even faster than before.
Even the aura of her barrier armor seemed to shift.
It seemed the water was Little Fisher's true domain of battle.
The ocean was immense, but Little Fisher knew exactly where she was going.
Before long, they arrived deep beneath the waves, in the heart of a sprawling coral formation. The coral was arranged like a labyrinth, yet Little Fisher moved through it without a moment's hesitation.