Lin's gaze flicked between Zinnia and Aksai, and a faint bitterness crossed her face.
Zinnia's radiant, youthful appearance, clearly the result of her Aurous Body Realm metamorphosis, only deepened Lin Lan's sense of loss. Her fingers clenched slightly as she remembered how her own youth had faded long ago.
Still, she couldn't help but sigh when her eyes fell back on Aksai. The sight of him brought back memories of the young man she had once trained—a curious, disciplined learner who never revealed his true background, yet absorbed knowledge like a sponge.
Aksai, for his part, simply looked at them with a steady, unreadable gaze. His eyes flicked from Jin Jolan to Wen Wei, and then to Lin Lan.
He remembered them all.
