Cure to a cursed fate
Time after that passed in a flash.
Quite literally.
In a single blink, months if not years passed by, Yuan Xuelan bombarded with a bunch of events all at once. From his trip to Zu Village and returning to the Hidden Mist for his auntie's funeral.
He saw things he never did in this life either, like making the trip to the Hidden Mist alone, killing Huo Tang to save Peng Jipei from his fate and even attending Liu Sumeng's wedding. He saw Chen Anyue's stricken state, after suffering a terrible injury from Peng Jipei and became bedridden. He even saw himself seek out Hui Ziwang for help and advice.
It was such that Yuan Xuelan felt terribly disorientated when time slowed down once more to something more normal. He was left feeling gutted, so many emotions coursed through him at once that Yuan Xuelan felt nothing at all.
"Huo Tang!" He called out, noticing that the phoenix was absent from his side.