Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Lu Man had listened for quite a while, yet none of them understood what the two were talking about.
Did they seem to know the same person? How had the two of them met?
Lin Yu thought about it. He had actually figured this out long ago—Xing Luo had already told him before. Though there had been an ulterior motive, Xing Luo's thoughts back then had been exactly the same as Gu Wenyen's now. So why was he getting hung up on it again? Heh... how ridiculous...
"By the way, Wenyen, I have a younger sister at the Heavenly Serpent Mansion. I want to..." Lu Man, still held in Gu Wenyen's arms, said softly.
Gu Wenyen opened his eyes. "Sure! Let's go right now!"
Seeing that Gu Wenyen wanted to leave immediately, Lu Man hurriedly stopped him. "No, no. I'll just have my companion bring her over. There's no need to trouble yourself."
Gu Wenyen indulged Lu Man in everything. "Then tell me how you want to do it."
"It should still be somewhere in this desert. I'll summon it and have it go back to deliver the message. I'll also have it tell them that I'm leaving the Heavenly Serpent Mansion!"
Gu Wenyen smiled. "Alright!"
Releasing Lu Man, she slowly walked to the center of the courtyard, reached into her pocket, and took out something resembling a whistle. She put it to her lips, and a piercing whistle rang out.
A few breaths had passed since the whistle sounded when a black silhouette could be seen in the distant sky, flying rapidly toward them. As it drew closer, it revealed itself to be a massive black serpent over ten meters long.
The giant serpent was pitch-black all over, its body covered in terrifying grooves.