He led Maru and me into a house at the end of the village.
I did not see Duan Hongbin and the other two.
I hurriedly asked where they were.
He smiled. "Why are you in such a hurry? At a time like this, I should be the one acting impatiently like a teenager."
With a clap of his hands, three figures appeared before me. They were Duan Hongbin and the others, all three dressed in military uniforms. Astonishingly, each of them held the rank of general.
I looked at them, and all three wore somewhat awkward expressions.
Eccentric Song spoke first. "Well, we originally wanted to tell you, but he..."
Eccentric Song looked at my younger self. He seemed somewhat afraid of him.
I said flatly, "He threatened you?"
"Not exactly. It was just that when he said he wanted to take us to Guixu, all three of us were tempted." Duan Hongbin took over.
My younger self said, "Because they also want to know where they came from. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is impossible for a person's mental world to produce living beings—let alone three of them."
"So you left Ghost Valley, then had Xie Yi tell me to come here and meet you, and said I wasn't allowed to bring anyone!" I asked my younger self.
He shrugged. "I had Xie Yi tell you to meet me here, but I never said you couldn't bring anyone. Of course, the fewer people who know about today's meeting, the better. After all, it concerns Guixu."
If he had not forbidden me from bringing anyone, then what was going on with Xie Yi's message?
Could Xie Yi have misheard? Normally, that should not have been possible.
Xie Yi had always been meticulous. He left no