The red-clad figure before him was familiar, yet strangely unfamiliar.
She wore the same scarlet robe, and her appearance was unchanged from before.
But her eyes were hollow.
Like a soulless doll.
She looked just like Madam Shi when she had been practicing martial arts some time ago.
Unable to gauge the situation, Chu Qing decided to take it seriously.
Before he could speak, Red Robe said:
"Young man, are you looking for the Princess Consort?"
Chu Qing nodded and swiftly said, "I want to find the Princess Consort, and you as well!"
Red Robe asked hollowly, "What for?"
Although Chu Qing knew that Red Robe and the others disdained martial artists' secret inheritances.
They had not even collected them.
Still, he hoped Red Robe could help.
"I'd like to ask you to help me find a top-tier Pelt Realm secret inheritance—the kind that possesses two traits!"
A glimmer of light appeared in Red Robe's hollow eyes.
After pondering for a moment, she shook her head. "No."
"I don't have one, the Princess Consort doesn't have one, and none of the other strange folk have one either!"
Chu Qing sighed inwardly.
Even the strange folk did not have one?
It seemed he would have to find a way to seek out the Daoist Nun.
After exchanging a few casual words, Chu Qing decided to leave.
But Red Robe called out to stop him.
"In the coming years, don't come to Stone Ridge Mountain!"
Chu Qing's heart stirred. Curious, he asked, "Is it because you strange folk have turned this place into a battlefield?"
Red Robe nodded.
Chu Qing asked curiously, "You were all fine before. Why have you suddenly begun slaughtering one another now?"
"Was it caused by the Rebel Army?"
Red Robe said hollowly, "You mortals have exhausted every