"Ah! Are you leaving?" Lu'er instantly forgot her fear again, her eyes revealing a pleading look as she said, "Grandfather promised to let you cultivate in seclusion in Musha Sea for a year. There's still plenty of time!"
Yue Qianchou looked at her without answering the question and smiled faintly. "Lu'er! Listen to your grandfather. Don't sneak outside again. The world out there truly isn't suited for you."
Lu'er stood rooted to the spot, somewhat at a loss. Yue Qianchou waved at her, then said decisively, "Take me to your grandfather. Have him send me out!" His expression turned cold in an instant.
Lu'er hemmed and hawed, dawdling for quite a while, seemingly unwilling to let Yue Qianchou leave so soon. Yue Qianchou immediately laughed. "If you won't take me, I'll go myself." With that, he had already flashed into the air and glanced down. Beneath the forest, apart from Lu'er, there was also a small silver ball buried underground alongside the depleted spirit stones.
The dawdling Lu'er immediately chased after him, following behind as she asked, "Will you really never see me again in the future?"
Yue Qianchou ignored her and instead accelerated, swiftly flying away. With her early Minor Immortal stage cultivation, Lu'er could no longer keep up, yet she gritted her teeth and sped up in desperate pursuit. Fortunately, the plain where the treehouse stood was not far away. Two streaks of light curved down from the sky one after another, swept directly beneath the canopy and skimmed across the plain, then landed beneath the great tree in succession.
No one knew how many years the ancient tree had grown for. It exuded an archaic, weathered air. Its hollow roots formed a three-legged stance, open on three sides; the old roots were vigorous, the fine roots intertwined,