Xiao Wen quickly embraced Gu Qiaoqiao, her voice choked with emotion, "Qiaoqiao, Qiaoqiao, where did you go? I was worried sick! If I couldn’t find you, I would have had to atone for my guilt with my life." Gu Qiaoqiao held her tightly, patting her back softly, "Sister Xiaowen, you should know I’m fine. Please don’t think like that, okay?" Xiao Wen wiped away her tears and said quietly, "Yes, I was with Ling Nan the whole time, feeling you were alright, but we just couldn’t find you. You have no idea how anxious we were..." Then, Xiao Wen hurriedly asked, "Where exactly did you go?" Perhaps Xiao Wen was overly anxious, so she didn’t avoid the presence of Qin Yize. Qin Yize was the first to find Gu Qiaoqiao. This raised Qin Yize’s status even higher in Xiao Wen’s heart, so she naturally admired Qin Yize and didn’t think of avoiding him. Gu Qiaoqiao naturally wouldn’t tell Xiao Wen about her past life’s hardships. As for the secret of the Mysterious Dragon Box opening the Time-Space Gate, it actually doesn’t have much use. For people like them, unless there’s an unyielding desire even Heaven couldn’t resist, there’s really no need to see what they experienced in the past life. A past life is just a past life, it’s already gone; the present life is what’s most important. And for Xiao Wen, perhaps she already knows about her own past lives. So, Gu Qiaoqiao saw no need to tell her and Ling Nan what she saw in the Reincarnation Gate. However, in the future, she’ll find an opportunity to tell Xiao Wen and Ling Nan that this Mysterious Dragon Box opened the Time-Space Gate. So Gu Qiaoqiao repeated what she had just said to Qin Yize. Xiao Wen and Ling Nan nodded in unison; it seemed exactly like what they imagined. This Mysterious Dragon Box, at the most perilous moment, when Gu Qiaoqiao and Dongfang Yu nearly formed a bond, took Gu Qiaoqiao away from this time-space to another place to evade the disaster. After the disaster was averted, the Mysterious Dragon Box brought Gu Qiaoqiao back, providing a very reasonable and perfect explanation for everything. The four of them did not delay and continued walking toward the outside of Cloud Mist Mountain. They walked until noon. They ate a simple meal of dried food and then continued onward. Unexpectedly, the place where she appeared was so far from the foot of the mountain. At three in the afternoon, they encountered Chu Chengfeng. Seeing Gu Qiaoqiao finally found by Qin Yize, Chu Chengfeng felt a heavy burden lift off his heart, releasing a long sigh; only then did he realize how tense he had been. No matter the prior causes, he was the leader of this expedition, and with Qiaoqiao missing, he naturally felt guilty. So when he saw Gu Qiaoqiao, he nearly fell, but Qin Yize supported him, then they encountered Du Tian, and halfway up the mountain, they found Gu Qiaoqiao’s father, Gu Tianfeng. It was at this point that Gu Qiaoqiao realized she had been missing for a week. Seeing her father’s disheveled and haggard appearance, her nose tingled, and she hugged him and cried again. Finally, they reached the foot of the mountain. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novel·fiɾe·net Gu Qiaoqiao gazed at everything before her, mouth agape in astonishment. There were now seven or eight more tents. By now it was evening, and under the sunset’s glow, her Great Grandfather Gu Qingfeng stood by the stream with a walking stick, gazing into the distance, his face solemn, lost in thought. Gu Qiaoqiao couldn’t help but recall the scene she saw in the Time-Space Gate, feeling an indescribable sensation in her heart.