"Haoyang True Person, are you planning to take us back to the Central State?" I knew what Zhao Qian meant and immediately asked Haoyang True Person coldly.
Haoyang True Person's expression changed slightly, but he soon put on an enlightened look and said, "That's the direction, Fellow Daoist Xia. Could I still lie to you about this? I'm already in this state—how could I not take you to avenge yourselves? We came from that way, after all. You saw it yourself; we even fought a battle over there just now. Let's hurry over. It'll be too late if we wait."
Haoyang True Person had no idea how formidable Zhao Qian was with the Primordial Heavenly Compass. He acted as though that was unquestionably the place. Since the Queen Mother of the West and I had both heard Zhao Qian say southwest, we naturally didn't believe him.
"What? Fellow Daoist Xia, you don't believe me? Fellow Daoist Queen Mother of the West, you don't believe me either? Fine, then which way are you planning to go? If you take the wrong path and let the person carrying the treasure escape to the Upper Three States, you can't blame me for that." Haoyang True Person wore an expression of a broken jar cast aside. He meant that if we didn't believe him, he would simply follow us and see what we would do after taking the wrong path.
"Qian, the treasure thieves came up from the south before turning southwest, right?" I turned back and asked Zhao Qian. Haoyang True Person immediately put on an expression that said, "Exactly." But Zhao Qian said, "Brother Tian, they've been over there the whole time. They never came from the south at all. I'm absolutely certain."
I shot Haoyang True Person a cold look, then