Zhongyang Mountain.
The terrain here was like a coiling dragon and crouching tiger, its contours exceedingly perilous. The mountains rolled and surged endlessly, enclosing a vast stretch of land in their embrace. Waterfalls and streams abounded along the mountain edges, while a great lake in the middle gathered the water like a treasure basin. The scenery was enchanting—without a doubt, this was a place of superb feng shui.
Yet several enormous divine beasts circled above the lake, casting the waters below into gloom. It was as if torrential rain might descend at any moment.
Half a day had passed since Heaven's Path's Sky-Splitting Ray arrived here, yet as the alliance leader of the entire Heaven's Path Alliance, I still had not received an audience with the legendary Sword Granny. The other party's divine beasts seemed too lazy even to bother with the Sky-Splitting Ray, simply circling around on their own.
"Neither enemy nor friend, neither ally nor foe—this is really making people anxious! Do they see us as brother alliances? Or as guests? Or have they simply decided we're enemies? Can't they just give us a straight answer?" Jiang Ruoyin said bitterly.
As soon as she said that, the originally heavy, tense atmosphere suddenly eased. Jiang Ruoyin still did not understand, and Zhao Qian could only smile. "Looks like Sister Jiang already considers herself one of Heaven's Path's people."
"Ah!" Jiang Ruoyin cried out, her face instantly flushing red. Ever since she returned from the Immortal Island, she probably had never once considered flying back on her own. She was always using the danger facing Heaven's Path, and how she could not abandon it, as an excuse to brush off everyone's concerned questions. After Heaven's Path escaped its predicament and headed north, she had come along again, tossing out excuses