By the time Qu Jianlei finished purchasing supplies, another three months had passed, and the group set out on the journey home.
By rights, the trip would take more than a year, but less than ten days after they started, True Venerable Xiaoyou spoke up.
"The Otherworld I know of isn't far from the main Shipping Lane. How about... True Venerable Qu comes with me to take a look?"
Among their group were five True Venerable Houdes, three True Venerable Wanwus, and one Spider.
She had invited only True Venerable Qu along. That attempt to sow discord was a little too obvious!
However, Qu Jianlei was already immune to such petty tricks now. He merely asked calmly, "Is there an opportunity to reach the Soul-Splitting Realm?"
"How would I know that?" True Venerable Xiaoyou shook her head and answered coolly, "If I could be certain, I might not have invited you."
Han Li suddenly spoke. "What if there are two opportunities to reach the Soul-Splitting Realm?"
"Then I'd dare say it even less," True Venerable Xiaoyou replied very bluntly. "One for you, one for True Venerable Qu... then I'd be miserable."
Then she glanced at True Venerable Qu. "Isn't that right?"
"That's impossible," Qu Jianlei shook his head without the slightest hesitation. "I wouldn't dare go. I'm afraid of getting Ga Yaozi'd."
This was clearly another new term, and everyone chatted for quite a while before they roughly understood what it meant.
But none of that was the important part. The key was that Qu Jianlei asked, "Where did the information come from?"
"That's not convenient to say," Xiaoyou said, at least being fairly straightforward about it. "It's a Great Thousand World that isn't especially large, and there are Cultivators inside."
"A world of Cultivators doesn't interest me much," Qu