"Why was he here?"
When Lu Yuanchu saw Fang Mo walking at the front, his pupils contracted slightly. His icy gaze swept across everyone around him, including Hong Qing and the other two at his side.
Sensing the suspicion in Lu Yuanchu's gaze, Hong Qing and the other two could not help but tense inwardly.
"Senior Brother, we weren't the ones who notified him!"
Hong Qing hurriedly explained.
"Neither were we, Senior Brother—you know us!" Qiu Shan and Mu Han Shan hastily stated their positions as well. They all knew Lu Yuanchu was suspicious by nature. If they did not explain themselves clearly, he might not trust them again afterward.
"I believe you. But who notified him?"
Confusion flashed through Lu Yuanchu's eyes as he looked toward Tie Xiaochuan's and Bai Wuchen's sides. If it had not been them, then it had to be those two. Only they could swiftly send word back to the divine hall.
With the Sea of Fog's interference, communication talismans could not yet be used across continents; messages could only pass through void vortices.
And only the heads of the five peaks were qualified to use void vortices whenever they wished.
"Why was he here?"
Gu Yu's pupils contracted sharply as well, but a thread of coldness immediately flashed through his eyes. "So he finally showed himself. Good, very good. I searched everywhere in iron shoes and found nothing; since he was courting death, then I would grant him his wish!"
"He finally made it!"
Tie Xiaochuan and Bai Wuchen exchanged a glance, and both visibly relaxed. They had already been unable to hold on.
Fang Mo's gaze met Tie Xiaochuan's for an instant before sweeping over Xiao Nuo.
Xiao Nuo met Fang Mo's gaze with scrutiny, as though trying to see through his secrets.