By the time they returned to the small courtyard after touring the Medicine Garden, Xiao Yun was already waiting there.
He sat on a stone stool with a pot of tea before him, slowly savoring it. When he saw the four women return, he set down his cup. "Finished looking around?"
"Teacher Xiao!" Shui Bing'er hurried up to him. "Your Medicine Garden is so beautiful! All those spirit herbs are so precious!"
Xiao Yun smiled. "If you like it, you can come often in the future. The spiritual energy here is abundant. Cultivating here is several times faster than outside."
Zhu Zhuqing stood behind Shui Bing'er, looking at Xiao Yun with a faint smile at the corners of her lips.
Spirit Flame Maiden stood beside Zhu Zhuqing, looking this way and that, finding everything fresh and new.
"Hungry, aren't you? Let's go out for dinner." Xiao Yun stood up.
Only then did Shui Bing'er realize her stomach really was hungry. Zhu Zhuqing was too, and Spirit Flame Maiden even more so.
Xiao Yun raised his hand and swept it through the air. A Light Gate appeared out of nowhere, and inside the gate was the scene of the inn room.
He stepped into the Light Gate, and the three women followed behind him.
Tian Meng stood in the courtyard, seeing them off, but did not follow them out.
Shui Bing'er walked at the very back. The instant she crossed the Light Gate, she looked back at Tian Meng. She stood in the courtyard, her colorful dress fluttering gently in the wind, golden light reflected in her pale purple eyes.
"Commander Sky Dream, aren't you coming out with us?" Shui Bing'er stopped.
Tian Meng was slightly taken aback. "I... don't need to. I'll just stay here and guard the Medicine Garden."