It was Yan Bingxuan's.
She explained that at the beginning of next year, she had applied to lead the Nature Studies Academy's Ice Spirit Root freshmen to the Extreme Northern Grotto Heaven for a teaching assignment to connect with the natural ice veins.
When Chen Mobai saw this, he immediately gave her a call.
"I'm already at Danxia Mountain..."
"Yes, I felt progress in my cultivation level and decided to return to my hometown..."
"Of course it worked—I have never failed..."
"Hmm, I'm here..."
Ever since she mentioned going into seclusion last time, their phone conversations had become rare, seemingly out of concern that she might disrupt Chen Mobai's cultivation. So if Yan Bingxuan had anything to share, she mostly sent text messages.
Whenever Chen Mobai returned to the Immortal Gate and saw her messages, he would call her back whenever he had time.
Perhaps the connection had faded somewhat.