Alex wanted to go find answers, but answers would have to wait, for there were others who had waited for him all this time, and he couldn't just leave them.
Pearl and Momo were both busy cultivating all this time and had made significant improvements.
Pearl was still in the middle of cultivation, so Alex went and met with Momo first, seeing what she had accomplished in the past few years while he was cultivating.
Momo looked different now, not in her appearance but in her bearing. Less than a decade had passed, and yet perhaps because she had gotten a chance to interact with others under Silvermist's purview, she had grown as a person.
She was in her mid-30s now, and she felt her age.
"Master?" she called when she finally saw him. Her face broke out into a wide smile. "Master, you're finally out!"
Alex smiled. Not all of her had changed. There was still a teenage girl in there, hidden in her excitement.
