Standing atop the treetops of a forest that blotted out the sky and sun, I quietly waited for Lu Ge to arrive. Although I had notified him in advance that I had entered the House's territory, the fellow seemed to be taking a little longer than expected this time.
This infiltration of the House had not taken much effort. It seemed that after the last war, the Four Great Sects still had not learned their lesson—or perhaps they had never intended to learn it in the first place.
I was not overly anxious. After sending a message to confirm that nothing had happened to him, I sat cross-legged on the branch of a massive tree and continued attempting to break through the second meridian.
After waiting until roughly the afternoon, two auras swept rapidly toward me from the direction of the House. One of them belonged to Lu Ge, but I did not recognize the other.
However, considering how much I trusted Lu Ge, I flew out at once, indirectly exposing my aura.
"Brother!" Lu Ge laughed and waved, flying over with a female cultivator. She was fairly pretty, at least possessing an upper-class appearance. But after seeing Sister-in-Law and Xue Qingcheng, I had long since become immune to beauties. Of course, I still had no idea what was going on between this female cultivator and Lu Ge.
"Why are you so late?" As I sized him up, I also deliberately asked about the female cultivator.
"Hehe, sorry about that. Mochen suddenly insisted on coming along. We got into an argument, and that delayed us. We also had to avoid some disciples and elders from the sect on the way, which slowed us down even more." Lu Ge looked at the woman, then smiled bitterly. "Let me introduce you. This