When Tang Yun heard this, a trace of nostalgia and melancholy flickered in her eyes. "I miss you two as well, and Yao Yao and Little Shu... and Wei Zhao even more. But I know that Wei Zhao and I are fated to have no future together in this life... How is he? Is he well?"

Tang Yun could scarcely wait to hear news of Wei Zhao.

"The boss is... doing quite well!" For a moment, Kang Xiaobo did not know how to put it.

"What level is he at now? Oh, right—I heard that the Hidden Yu family, the Hidden You family, and the Hidden Zhao family joined forces and sent several experts after Wei Zhao. They didn't find him, did they? That matter has been settled by now, hasn't it?" Tang Yun was deeply concerned for Wei Zhao's safety. When she had first come to the Ice Palace, she could still occasionally get in touch with Gu Mengyao, but later the Grand Elder had cut off all contact between her and the outside world, leaving her ignorant of how things had turned out.

Though she knew Wei Zhao must surely be safe now, she still felt somewhat uneasy.

"The Hidden Yu family? The Hidden Zhao family? The Hidden You family?" Kang Xiaobo smiled and shook his head. "The boss is very powerful now. He wouldn't give those families a second thought anymore. As things stand, the Hidden Han family, the Hidden Pi family, and the Hidden Zhuang family have all become the boss's underlings, and the boss can now annihilate an early Heaven-rank expert in an instant."

"What! Wei Zhao can annihilate an early Heaven-rank expert in an instant? Then what level is he at? Has he already become an expert above the mid Heaven rank?" An incredulous light flashed in Tang Yun's eyes, mingled with excitement.

"No—the boss is only at the peak of the mid Earth rank, but his strength is tremendous; he can annihilate an early Heaven-rank expert in an instant." As he spoke, Kang Xiaobo told Tang Yun everything Wei Zhao had done during this period...

Tang Yun listened with keen relish, occasionally raising a small question or two. Hearing that Wei Zhao was now so formidable, she felt deeply comforted. It seemed that, so long as Wei Zhao did not provoke the ancient sects, the forces of the hidden world could do him no harm at all...

Although the Grand Elder had left, she was an expert at the peak of the late Heaven rank and could hear the conversation in the room from far away. When she heard that Wei Zhao had actually annihilated an early Heaven-rank expert in an instant despite being only at the peak of the mid Earth rank, she too was astonished!

Wei Zhao's growth was simply too fast! The Grand Elder had never paid him any particular attention, so she had not known what had happened during this period. Now that she heard Kang Xiaobo's account, she realized just how formidable Wei Zhao truly was!

Yet the Grand Elder was not worried. After all, Wei Zhao's level was far beneath hers; an early Heaven-rank expert could likewise be effortlessly slain in her eyes, and Wei Zhao was only at the mid Earth rank. However capable he might be, he could not overcome the barrier imposed by differences in level.

"Then I can rest easy..." After hearing Kang Xiaobo's words, Tang Yun nodded with relief. Wei Zhao was so formidable that she could set her mind completely at ease. "By the way, Xiaoxiao told me before that Wei Zhao should find himself a first wife. Who is his first wife now? Is it Yao Yao?"

"That..." Kang Xiaobo had been worrying over how to persuade Tang Yun, and now that she had asked this very question, he seized the opening. "No. Wei Zhao's first wife now is Wang Xinyan."

"Wang Xinyan?" Tang Yun was stunned. She had never heard this name before. Where had this person come from?

"Yes, Wang Xinyan. She was the boss's classmate and deskmate in university. It was confirmed through Yao Yao and the others. She is currently living in the boss's villa as well—in the same room as the boss, they say..." Kang Xiaobo spoke truthfully. He did not want to hurt Tang Yun, but when he thought of the Grand Elder's instructions, he had no choice.

"Ah... so they are already... living together..." Upon hearing this news, a look of desolation flitted across Tang Yun's face. He had found someone new to love? In the end, she was not his first woman after all.

Yet in the next instant Tang Yun let it go. It was fortunate that she was not—otherwise, how could Wei Zhao ever be saved? If she had gotten involved with Wei Zhao early on, could she still have stayed here to train? Would Snow Valley still have agreed to heal Wei Zhao on those terms? Plainly not!

Though Tang Yun did not know who Wang Xinyan was, nor how Wei Zhao and Wang Xinyan had met, since both Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu approved of her, her character must surely be beyond reproach.

"This... was Xiaoxiao's idea back then, wasn't it? I believe she mentioned it to you as well?" Seeing that Tang Yun seemed a little troubled, Kang Xiaobo hurried to console her.

"Yes, I know. It's all right. Wei Zhao and I were fated to meet but never to be together, and we can never meet again. So long as he lives happily, that is enough." Tang Yun smiled as she spoke.

"Yun Yun, it's good that you understand all this. Since you have chosen this place, then devote yourself to your training here with all your heart." Liu Xinwen also offered words of comfort.

"I understand. Don't worry about me. I am not an impulsive, irrational person. I am no longer the little girl who understood nothing, haha..." Thinking back to the old days, when she had been so afraid that Wei Zhao would not want her that she had smashed her phone on the ground, Tang Yun felt that she had been truly naive back then...

The Grand Elder, hearing Kang Xiaobo's and Liu Xinwen's words from afar, was very pleased, and Tang Yun's reply put her even more at ease. It seemed that Tang Yun would now be able to stay here and train in peace, with no further worry that anything unexpected might occur.

"Yun Yun, why does it feel so cold on you? Is this the consequence of practicing the Heartless Art?" At this moment, Xiaofen no longer felt the delight she had felt at their first meeting. Now that she had quieted down, she noticed that although Tang Yun was most warm toward their arrival, her body nonetheless gave off an unnatural chill that made people reluctant to draw near, as though she were a great block of ice.

"Yes, Xiaofen, you noticed?" Tang Yun smiled somewhat helplessly. "This is simply how the Heartless Art is. So once I have trained it to the utmost, even if Wei Zhao remembers me, he will not want to be with me anymore. My body carries an unnatural aura that keeps people a thousand miles away and makes them unwilling to come close."

"So that's how it is..." Liu Xinwen looked at Tang Yun with sympathy. She did not understand why Tang Yun had to make such a great sacrifice for Wei Zhao. Was the power of love truly so great?

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