"That... I actually have something to do. Space assigned me a mission, so I have to head out on an emergency deployment. I... I won't be going in with you."
Dragon Snake Rising Land said hesitantly. Seeing the way he acted only made Lu Li more uneasy.
All the signs, direct and indirect alike, pointed to Lu Xueqing's Grandmother Ancestor being terrifyingly formidable.
Still, Lu Li had curiously asked Lu Xueqing about her parents before. Why was she raised by her Grandmother Ancestor instead of her parents?
But Lu Xueqing's answer had surprised him. She said she had only seen her mother as a child and had never met her father. Once she grew a little older, her mother had vanished without a trace as well.
She had asked Grandmother Ancestor, but Grandmother Ancestor had only said she would tell her once she reached the Ninth Order Peak.
"It's right ahead. Let's go."
Seeing that Dragon Snake Rising Land had already slipped away, Lu Xueqing spoke to Lu Li.
"Let's go. I want to see the pinnacle of this world too!"
Lu Li said, bracing himself.
The two passed through a narrow path and arrived by the lake, where they saw a woman in black robes patterned with purple seated there, fishing.
Lu Li found the woman's back strangely familiar. He could not explain the feeling. He had never personally seen what she looked like that day; he had merely seen an unparalleled expert battling the shadow in the distance, and Lu Xueqing had told him that the newcomer was her Grandmother Ancestor.
Yet Lu Li felt as though he had seen that back somewhere before. Something deep within his soul seemed to stir, only for that agitation to quickly subside.
"Xueqing, come here."
The woman turned around, her voice