Jiang Yuebai and the other two waited in Water Moon Cave for a while before realizing that Chu Liang had vanished.
"This trial... there's no way he can't get out." Jiang Yuebai looked at the cave and shook her head, refusing to believe Chu Liang would fall here.
"He truly wasn't stopped by the trial." Immortal Whale Rider said.
After circling back to inspect the entrance of Water Moon Cave, he returned with a bluish-green fallen leaf pinched between his fingers.
"There are traces of spiritual power on it. He should have been taken away after clearing the trial." He analyzed, "The only ones capable of doing something like this here are probably the Divine Ruins Abbey."
"Why would they capture Chu Liang?" Jiang Yuebai was somewhat worried.
"I don't know." Immortal Whale Rider said, "They probably won't harm him for now. If they wanted to deal with us, he definitely wouldn't be their first choice. I suspect... could it be that the Divine Ruins Abbey wants to recruit a new Abbey Guardian and has set its sights on him?"
"Absolutely not!" Jiang Yuebai immediately said.
"Don't worry. If it isn't by mutual consent, the Divine Ruins Abbey won't force anyone to become an Abbey Guardian." Immortal Whale Rider gazed into the distance. "As for the reason, we'll know once we investigate the place."
Standing at the entrance to Water Moon Cave, they looked outward and could already see the vast spiritual tide amid the distant clouds and mist, encircling ancient mountains that stretched deep and boundless. Where those verdant mountains met the heavens, ancient trees cast thick shade, and there stood an inconspicuous Daoist abbey.
This had once been where the Road to Heaven opened. Back then, Sage Li had severed an entire expanse of the Divine Ruins along