Li Wei ultimately never received the lightning punishment, and Ma Baoguo no longer felt like playing riddles with her.
"Why did you come all the way here?" he asked bluntly.
Li Wei scratched her head, baffled. "Wasn't it you who told me to keep going inward?"
Ma Baoguo clutched his chest. "So you just kept walking?"
Li Wei looked perfectly justified. "How else was I supposed to go? The main path in the middle looked easy to walk..."
Ma Baoguo clicked his tongue and asked, "Didn't you feel something attracting you?"
Li Wei shook her head vigorously, like a rattling drum. "No. It's just a ruined wasteland. What could possibly attract me?"
Then she shot back, "I say, Teacher Ma, when are you taking me to receive an inheritance? I want an insanely cool title too!"
At that, Ma Baoguo clasped his head and threw his face to the heavens with a long sigh.
He looked as if he had been struck by lightning, standing rigid and stunned where he was.
After a long while, seeming to have given up, he beckoned to Li Wei, signaling for her to follow.
The two left Ling Xiao Palace and trudged through the ruins of the immortal palace, picking their way over uneven ground and winding through countless turns for a long while.
For convenience, Li Wei had hitched up the hem of her Flowing Immortal Dress to her knees. Wearing a pair of snow-white cloud-patterned embroidered shoes, she bounced along behind him.
After walking for about half an hour, this body still did not feel tired, but she was getting a little stifled all the same.
"Teacher Ma, how much longer do we have to walk?" Li Wei could not help asking.
Ma Baoguo answered without emotion, "We're almost there."
Li Wei