Watching Aunt Lan hurry away, Aunt Ping's expression grew complicated as well. She asked, "Wasn't this person supposed to be in the Outer Territory? Why did he suddenly appear in the Mother World?"
Ming Xuan also stared at Ling Shuang in confusion. All his hopes rested on this. If the news was wrong, he would have gotten his hopes up for nothing again.
Ling Shuang shook her head. "He's very cautious and has never revealed where he is. If he hadn't encountered a crisis this time, he probably wouldn't have told me..."
Every time Ling Shuang tried to probe Luo Zheng's background, Luo Zheng would deliberately evade the subject.
"That's fine too," Aunt Ping said lightly. "It wouldn't be bad if we could recruit someone like that into our Shan."
Ling Shuang nodded slightly. "I hope Uncle can make it in time..."
A streak of Escaping Light transformed from Aunt Lan shot into a Cave Residence like a startled swan.
In the Council Hall inside the Cave Residence, a burly man and an old man in Daoist robes were speaking to each other in low voices.
Seeing Aunt Lan rush in, the burly man gave an "eh" and hurried forward to ask, "Lan'er, what happened to make you so anxious?"
Aunt Lan glared at her husband. "You're busy with Palace affairs all day long! You don't even care about your own son!"
"You mean Ming Xuan?" The burly man caught the implication.
"Someone can save Ming Xuan from the Great Whirlpool!" Aunt Lan said irritably.
"What?"
The burly man and the old man in Daoist robes were both stunned.
"But this person is trapped in the Dao Sword Palace of Seven Stars Province. They say the Dao Sword Palace is under attack by great demons, and this person won't