"What about you?" Li Suizhuang raised her head and looked at Gu Chengming. "You're telling me to leave, but what about you?"
Gu Chengming pondered for a moment. "I'll stay and see if I can find a way to solve this."
Li Suizhuang stood and quickly walked over to Gu Chengming, looking down at him.
This was the first time she had shown such an obvious emotional reaction in front of Gu Chengming. Her white hair trembled with her quick breaths. Her palms clenched, then loosened, then clenched again.
"General Flag Officer Gu, do you understand what you're saying? Yun Ni is a Fourth Realm Peak Cultivator. She holds most of the Joyful Union Sect's authority, as well as partial control over the Yin Yang Twin Fish Array. And you—"
Her gaze swept over Gu Chengming, and her voice carried an urgency she could barely conceal.
"You're only Second Realm."
"I know." Gu Chengming's tone was very calm, so calm that it made Li Suizhuang even more uneasy. "But the Yin Yang Fish has given me some... possibilities."
He didn't say any more. It wasn't that he distrusted Li Suizhuang, but that there were things he hadn't yet figured out himself. Telling her would only make her worry more.
Li Suizhuang stared at him for a long time before finally sighing. "All right."
She stepped back and straightened her slightly disheveled sleeves. Her voice grew steady again. "I'll set out tonight. At the Flying Boat's fastest speed, I can reach the Capital City in four days."
"Whatever you do, put your own safety first."
Li Suizhuang was a clever woman, clever enough to know that at a moment like this, any unnecessary words would only become a burden.
Gu Chengming sat alone at the table, his gaze fixed on the