Two Women Travel Together, Refining Corpses in the Secret Palace

Two months later.

After sorting through his gains, Wei Tu ended his seclusion and removed the restrictions he had placed around the cave abode, preparing to bid Lou Mingyue farewell.

However, something unexpected happened.

Lou Mingyue, the Swordfire Palace Master, had also packed her belongings and was preparing to leave.

Of course, she was not leaving with him, but traveling together with Gong Shulan.

As for her position as Palace Master, she had not relinquished it. Instead, she selected a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Lou Family and appointed him Deputy Palace Master to manage Swordfire Palace's affairs in her stead after she left.

"Since Senior Wen has already said that Swordfire Palace is no safe place, if I continued to stay trapped here, I would look far too foolish..." Lou Mingyue said with a carefree smile.

Wei Tu naturally knew of this matter. What surprised him was that Lou Mingyue and Gong Shulan were traveling together—though the two were friends, their relationship did not seem to have reached the point of entrusting their lives to one another.

Compared to traveling with Gong Shulan, it was clearly more appropriate for Lou Mingyue to head to Sacred Buddha Temple and seek the protection of Abbess Lan, her nominal master.

But everyone had their own considerations, and he had no right to interfere in this matter.

Perhaps, in Lou Mingyue's eyes, Gong Shulan was more trustworthy—and safer.

"Where does Fellow Daoist Gong plan to travel next?"

Wei Tu turned and looked toward Gong Shulan beside him, asking after a moment of thought.

However, that was merely the public explanation. Privately, he told Gong Shulan that he and Lou Mingyue were not yet that familiar with each other, and reminded her not to casually reveal his identity or the various secrets of the