Late at night, beneath Mystic Valley, within the Eight Sceneries Grotto-Heaven.
Gu An sat beneath the Azure Vine Tree reading, his back against the main trunk while two vines rested on his shoulders, gently kneading them.
He suddenly set down the book in his hand and straightened up.
"What is it, Master? Was I pressing too hard?" The Azure Vine Tree spoke in a frail, pitiful female voice.
Gu An replied, "No. I have something to do, so I need to leave."
The Azure Vine Tree trembled and hurriedly said, "Master, don't forget to bring back some lamb!"
Gu An waved his hand and vanished from where he stood.
With one step, he crossed beyond the Taixuan Sect's borders and arrived atop a mountain. It was nearing late autumn, and the night wind was cold and bleak, stirring his robes as he gazed into the distance.
He sensed that Hao Dragon was suffering.
Though he and Hao Dragon had never formed a contract, ever since Hao Dragon had been born, a subtle connection had formed between them. It resembled the feeling he experienced whenever Perfected Lord Xuanmiao called for him.
Following that subtle sensation, he extended his divine sense outward.
Very quickly, he locked onto a sect. His divine sense passed through layer upon layer of restrictions and entered a small world resembling the Star-Dwelling Cave Heaven.
Hm?
Epiphyllum Ghost Mother, and the Thirteen Fiends of the Nine Serenities!
Those people were fighting the Great Cultivators of the Ancient Hao Sect!
Gu An's divine sense locked onto Hao Dragon, and his expression became strange.
The one fighting Hao Dragon was none other than Su Han!
Su Han's aura had actually already neared the Nascent Soul Realm. Yet it was utterly chaotic, giving off the sense that he might suffer a