Whoosh!
In the White Cavern's small world, a figure streaked along at the speed of light, nearly breaking the sound barrier.
Even as he skimmed over the heads of countless White Skeletons, before the White Cavern creatures below could react, the figure had already vanished.
He ran for nearly half a day.
Only after feeling that he had completely escaped the presence of that Red Robes Ghost Beast did Xu Xiaoshou finally calm down a little. He slowed, found a hidden spot, and concealed himself.
"Xu Xiaoshou, what happened? Were you scared?"
Mu Zixi, her face flushed red, jumped down from her senior brother's arms.
If she could, she actually wished her senior brother's panic could last a few more... days.
"Scared?"
Xu Xiaoshou panted heavily and sneered disdainfully. "Does Xu Xiaoshou look like someone who'd be scared?"
Mu Zixi: "..."
You looked more like you'd seen a ghost than when you ran into Master himself, okay? And you weren't scared? Heh.
Doubted, Passive Value +1. Mocked, Passive Value +1.
Xu Xiaoshou shot his junior sister a vicious glare and said no more.
Even after flying so far, he still could not truly steady his emotions.
The shock brought by that Red Robes Ghost Beast was simply too powerful.
But if that was all there was to it—
No matter how unwilling he was to believe it, Xu Xiaoshou could still give himself an explanation: perhaps it really was that one-in-ten-thousand chance.
In short, a coincidence.
But Yu Zhiwen's reaction, her behavior...
"It can't be a coincidence."
"There must be some unspeakable secret hidden within this."
"Perhaps Holy Spirit Hall, the number-one organization on the continent..."
Xu Xiaoshou's thoughts stalled. He did not dare think any further.
Even though suspicion filled his heart, he could not