Upon hearing this, Song Xiwei was afraid that Aoqian might be overthinking things, so she hurriedly tried to explain to him.

But Aoqian reached out and patted his head. "Why are you so nervous? I was just saying it casually. If you want to leave me behind, it won't be that easy. Go see Venerable Penglai. Although I won't rush you, you know I'm not very patient. If I wait for you too long, I'll get angry, and you'll have to coax me."

Hearing Aoqian say this, Song Xiwei breathed a sigh of relief. That's right, this is the Aoqian she knows.

Song Xiwei left first to see Venerable Penglai, but Aoqian did not leave Penglai directly. Instead, he communicated with Lanshan telepathically.

The two went one after the other; one went to see Venerable Penglai, and the other went to see Lanshan.

As soon as Song Xiwei entered the hall where Venerable Penglai received guests, she was embraced by someone.

"Song Xiwei! Are you never going back to the Void Gate?" Her voice was filled with disappointment and a hint of tears.

Song Xiwei pulled the person away from her and saw that Tianyun's eyes were terribly red.

"Why did you come to Penglai?" Song Xi frowned slightly.

“Grandmaster, he went into seclusion. The Void Gate was in chaos. I took advantage of the chaos to escape. I went to great lengths to persuade Venerable Penglai to let me see you. Song Xiwei, do you really want to sever all ties with the Void Gate? After all, it is your sect. Are you really going to abandon it and never go back again?”

Tianyun still had something to say, but he ran out mainly to find out if he still had a chance.

Even if Song Xiwei never returns to the Void Gate and instead wanders outside, he will go with her.

This is what Tianyun suddenly realized when he learned that Song Xiwei had left the sect and would never return.

He had fallen for Song Xiwei without realizing it, and he used to think there was still plenty of time, so he never thought about the future.

But now, everything happened so suddenly, I never expected that even the patriarch who opened the gate would be involved with her...

Tianyun felt even more strongly that he could no longer hesitate. If he liked her, he had to let her know, he had to chase after her and make her make a choice.

As long as she agrees, he will go with her no matter what she wants to do in the future.

"As the future leader of the Void Gate, you should focus more on the sect. As for other things, Tianyun, I'm afraid I can't give you the response you want." Tianyun didn't say it explicitly, but Song Xiwei had been given a token of the sect leader's wife by him at the sect last time, so how could she not understand why Tianyun had come here?

"I, I..." Tianyun couldn't say a word.

Song Xiwei was too direct; she didn't even offer a more tactful response.

She disliked herself without the slightest hesitation, so direct and frank.

“It’s okay if you don’t like me now. We can be friends like before. Feelings can be cultivated slowly…” Tianyun refused to give up and tried to find another way to continue interacting with her.

“Tianyun, I didn’t say that I would stop being friends with you after leaving the Void Gate. You, Xiaozhuang, and many other fellow disciples, we are still friends. If you encounter any problems in the future, you can still come to me, and I will definitely help you. However, I really will not go back to the Void Gate. If you need to find me, you can send me a message. From now on, we can just meet outside.”

Song Xiwei's meaning was very clear: from now on, their relationship would be nothing more than that of former fellow disciples.

She also mentioned Xiao Zhuang and other fellow disciples, placing Tian Yun together with them, which precisely illustrates that he and his fellow disciples are treated equally, and he will not be given special treatment.