Jade Forest Matron was highly skilled and bold. She had traveled to Dongsheng alone and leisurely wandered about.
She had not had her fill of sightseeing yet. Dongsheng differed greatly from Central Province, and there were not many Heavenly Demons, so there was little pressure regarding safety.
Though this place was somewhat barren and remote, it had its own local customs. She had even made quite a few records, documenting Dongsheng's changes.
During this time, she received news that Jiang Hui seemed to have spotted Ridge Lord Qu at Red Leaf Ridge.
In any case, after holding out for half a month, Hall Master Jiang had left that place. Everyone knew this.
Since that was the case, Jade Forest Matron immediately hurried back. She also had information she wanted to learn.
When Qu Jianlei heard she had arrived, he naturally could not refuse to see her. "Master, do you have any good news for me?"
Jade Forest True Immortal said that she had heard their side was discussing cooperation with Star Palace, involving exchanges of arts?
Her information was rather outdated, and she had also heard from Star Palace people that they seemed to hold Red Leaf Ridge's arts in only average regard.
Jade Forest Matron had seen their arts herself and thought highly of them.
However, Book Pavilion was relatively detached from worldly affairs and did not wish to compete with Star Palace, so it had not involved itself.
Her visit this time was merely a pretext. Cooperation with Red Leaf Ridge would naturally be good, but it did not matter if they failed to cooperate.
Most importantly, she wanted to learn what kind of cooperation Star Palace had entered into with Red Leaf Ridge.
She had also obtained word that, supposedly... merely supposedly, Star Palace intended to send