Unlike Yu Yin, An Luo had followed behind me the entire way. Knowing I wasn't a fool, she soon seemed to relax completely and began trailing beside me, chatting about this and that.
Yu Yin also withdrew the Star God Seat and simply followed in silence, with no intention of saying a word.
However, when I kept veering this way and that, sometimes flying in strange directions, she couldn't hold back any longer. "If you keep going like this, we'll leave Zone Twelve altogether! And we might not even find what you're looking for!"
"What are you rushing for?" I ignored her displeasure and looked up at the sky, clicking my tongue before continuing, "Fine, since you're in such a hurry, let's head back. I was planning to wait a little longer."
"What are you talking about? Putting on airs!" Yu Yin really was anxious. Controlling so many astral beasts had consumed a tremendous amount of energy. If she left before recovering that cost, who knew how she would fight the matches to come? She would definitely suffer the greatest loss if they didn't go back.
An Luo was also quite worried that all the Mistshine Flowers and Starshift Fruits had been snatched up. When she heard me say we were going back, she immediately said happily, "Fellow Daoist Xia Ye, we just made a circuit around the outskirts, and no one came out. Perhaps things inside have already reached the point you expected, with everyone nearly exhausted from fighting. If we go in now, we can take advantage of their weakened state and compete for them."
"You also think I'm planning to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?"
"No?" An Luo was bewildered.
Yu Yin immediately glanced over, but because of our strained relationship, she still