After Xiaoke returned to Ji Yunsheng's sea of consciousness, she did not rest. Instead, she spent the time recalling the conversations about emotions that Ji Yunsheng had shared with her. Time flew by, and another hundred years passed unconsciously. During this period, whenever Xiaoke reminisced, she would inexplicably experience unfamiliar feelings. She had no idea what these feelings truly were, but the one thing she knew for certain was that she felt increasingly more like a living, breathing being.
One day, Ji Yunsheng and the women gathered around a stone table outside the palace, and Ji Yunsheng began to play music for them. After Ji Yunsheng finished a tune, Xiaoke emerged from his sea of consciousness.
Ji Yunsheng smiled and asked, "Xiaoke, why did you only come out now? A full hundred years have passed."
Chapter 213