Xueyu's body ached, but she deemed it to be much better than the numbness from the burns.

Did I survive?

She was unconvinced that she, in fact, survived the Nirvana Flame. She—

"Xueyu,—"

That voice—

"You're awake?"

—it sounds like her master...

Xueyu felt fat droplets accumulating under her eyes lid. She let out a mute sob.

How long had it been since she heard his voice? It felt like a lifetime ago...

Was this heaven taking pity on her and grant her hers deepest wish and regret?

Is this real?

Thanks you...

Her eyes were blurred of tears and heavy, but she willed herself to open them. She wanted to see her master.

She opened her eyes to darkness. Xueyu tensed up, but quickly relaxed when she felt a familiar hand on her forehead, it was her master's.

This was no illusion. Meiyi Su and Rue Rong wasn't that cruel —they only wanted to kill her and robbed her place of valuables. She never made any enemy out of someone for them to be this cruel.

Then she heard him laugh, "You're such a stubborn child. Do you wish to go outside that much?"

She heard his laughter stopped and a sigh.

"You can't see the way, yet you dare stumbled down the valley…"

"It is dangerous, child. Don't do that again."

Xueyu can almost see how her master slightly tightened his brows. He often did that when he lectured her…

She had returned to her childhood, she realized. She was alive once more...

Her tears flowed uncontrollably down her sides, snots are running down from her nose. But all she could think about was how happy she was.

"Don't cry, you're alive, child." Her master tried to soothe her.

He was always horrible at it, and so her tears continued to fell.