"Brother Ye?"

On a certain flying boat, a figure stood dumbfounded, staring blankly at that silhouette, slightly astonished.

This person was none other than Xiao Yan, the first to have a battle-related encounter with Ye Xiaofan in Star Moon City. Back in the ’Border City Battle Domain’, he had caught a distant glimpse of Ye Xiaofan among the endless crowd.

Originally, Xiao Yan intended to meet him, but due to the full-scale attack initiated by the Demonic Sect, he missed the chance to meet Ye Xiaofan. He never expected that nearly two years later, they would meet again in this world, and Xiao Yan hadn’t anticipated that their reunion would emerge in such a manner.

Throughout the journey, Xiao Yan had been mostly meditating and cultivating, and given the vast number of flying boats and his position on the outskirts, he hadn’t paid attention to the outside world immediately. Now, he stared blankly at the figure before all the spectacle unfolded.

"Hahaha, it really is you, Brother Ye, long time no see."

Seeing Ye Xiaofan, now crushed under the divine and demonic pressures, Xiao Yan felt a strange sense of satisfaction in his heart, not a mocking one, but rather a bit of mutual understanding.

Both emerged as unparalleled talents from Star Moon City, naturally harboring a mutual sense of resonance in some respects.

"Spiritual Essence Realm?" Upon catching the cultivation of that silhouette, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Xiao Yan’s mouth.

Currently, although Ye Xiaofan had stepped into the Half-Step Spirit Element Realm, in strict terms, he was still a cultivator of the Spiritual Essence Realm.

And now, Xiao Yan, having gained significant opportunities after a year, had reached the first layer peak of the True Self Realm, entering the ranks of unparalleled talents, inevitably feeling a bit proud.

Beside Xiao Yan stood a delicate and beautiful figure, a terrifying young girl of the Self-Slaying Realm. She curiously glanced towards the Divine Sword Sect’s flying boat and said, "Brother Xiao Yan, is this the Ye Race descendant you mentioned? Ye Xiaoyue’s younger brother, Ye Tiannan’s son?"

It was evident that the young girl was another rare unparalleled talent emerging from Star Moon City, only she wasn’t one who awakened her Martial Soul in the same era as Xiao Yan and Ye Xiaofan.

More accurately, this young girl should have awakened her Martial Soul around the same time as Ye Xiaofan’s sister, Ye Xiaoyue. When she left Star Moon City to join the Li Yang Sect, Ye Xiaofan was still a babbling little sprout.

No one would have expected that after so many years, he would have grown to this extent.

With a smile, Xiao Yan replied to the young girl, "Yes, Qinghe Sister, he is now the sole disciple of the Sword Saint. His sword dao talent and array dao talent are both terrifyingly formidable. Back then, I had a chance to spar with him once; his attainment in the sword dao is not to be underestimated."

When facing the young girl, Xiao Yan didn’t exhibit the cautious demeanor of a ’weak’ one towards a ’stronger’ one, appearing rather casual.

The young girl did not display the domineering presence of the Self-Slaying Realm towards Xiao Yan; instead, she treated the unparalleled talent from Star Moon City like an elder sister from back home.

The terrifying female cultivator known as Qinghe Sister flashed a smile in her beautiful eyes and spoke lightly, "I remember you mentioning a three-year pact between you two, hasn’t that time long passed? How about it? Do you still wish to battle him?"

Back in the grand competition at Star Moon City, Xiao Yan had once been defeated by that person, hence setting a three-year pact.

However, upon Qinghe Sister’s words, Xiao Yan let out a series of bitter laughs, "It’s enough to reminisce, the three-year pact can be forgotten. I’ve already lost."

Hearing this, Qinghe Sister expressed surprise with her beautiful eyes, "Lost? You are now a strong cultivator of the True Self Realm, while he is merely a Half-Step Spirit Element Realm cultivator. Brother Xiao Yan, how have you already lost?"

With a bitter smile, Xiao Yan replied that though he seemed to have surpassed him in terms of cultivation level, in reality, he was utterly defeated. He had a deep understanding of that figure’s terrifying nature in the ’Border City Battle Domain’.

"Though I currently appear to surpass him, in truth, I lose miserably. Qinghe Sister, don’t forget, my True Self Realm cultivation was gained through opportunistic means, but his aura is so stable and solid, I reckon he could pin me down effortlessly without even leaving the ’Valley of Space-Time’."

Xiao Yan shook his head, smirking self-deprecatingly after speaking.

Xiao Yan’s words left Xu Qinghe in disbelief, with a trace of astonishment in her beautiful eyes as she looked at Xiao Yan.

In her view, Xiao Yan was already among the most terrifying and dreadful new-gen unparalleled talents in the Li Yang Sect. Yet, in his eyes, that figure seemed more terrifying than she imagined.

Most importantly, after so many years in the Li Yang Sect, Xiao Yan had always been proud, never regarding any of the new-gen unparalleled talents there. However, he held that figure from Star Moon City in such high regard.

Even as Xiao Yan spoke, Xu Qinghe caught a fleeting glimpse of despair in his eyes.

But upon sizing up that figure, Xu Qinghe felt it was unlike what Xiao Yan described. Coupled with the current performance, it was difficult to associate him with an extremely terrifying unparalleled talent.

"Is he really as extraordinary as you said?" Xu Qinghe muttered to herself, as if questioning her own judgments, a thoughtful expression in her beautiful eyes.

Although recent legends about that figure were widespread, at this moment, no matter how she looked, she couldn’t discern any clues.