The lingering rays of the setting sun spilled over the glazed tiles of the Soul-less Hall, casting a brilliant, multi-colored glow. Liu Rushuang and Yi Yun stood side by side on the bluestone steps outside the mountain gate, their long shadows stretching out and intertwining.
"Mr. Ling and the others... must be a hundred miles away by now, right?" Liu Rushuang asked softly, her gaze still lingering on the tiny, vanished black dot in the sky.
Yi Yun nodded, his right hand instinctively closing around the Jade Pendant at his waist—a defensive magic artifact gifted to him by Ling Xiao upon their parting. He turned his head to look at the young woman beside him, noticing how the evening glow had dyed her fair cheeks a faint pink, her long eyelashes casting shadows beneath her eyes.
Chapter 563