Before he could think further, Old Man Mu waved his staff, and the green-rice window vanished. He had reluctantly accepted that Yue Qianchou had indeed been outside grilling fish, but that did not mean he believed everything. Turning around, his deep eyes bored into Yue Qianchou. "Grilling fish beneath the Ancient Language Tree in the Ancient Forest? If you cannot give me a reasonable explanation, I may not be bloodthirsty, but I will not show mercy to those harboring sinister intentions."
Yue Qianchou secretly connected with Utopia and found it completely unobstructed. Instantly, he gained the confidence to protect himself and spoke frankly. "To be honest, Senior, I came here precisely to find you."
"Find me?" Old Man Mu paused slightly, then snorted. "Did that little bat send you?"
Little bat? Yue Qianchou froze, then realized he meant Wei Chunqiu. He shook his head with a bitter smile. "Senior, you misunderstand. This junior had not wished to risk coming here either, but Immortal Emperor Jin Tai's command could not be disobeyed. I had no choice but to come with my head bowed into the storm. I never imagined I would truly encounter Senior, yet somehow I stumbled into meeting you."
"Jin Tai sent you to find me?" A trace of confusion also appeared on Old Man Mu's face.
"It was not only me. The one grilling fish outside just now was one as well. There are eleven of us in total, including Immortal Emperor Jin Tai and Nether Emperor Bai Qi. Everyone is scattered throughout the Ancient Forest, searching everywhere for Senior." Yue Qianchou spoke respectfully.
"Jin Tai and Bai Qi came too?" Old Man Mu's gaze shifted, and he asked with some emotion, "Could something have happened outside?"
"Something major happened..." Yue Qianchou sighed. Starting from Jin Tai's wedding,