The Ones Who Have to Leave

At his words, Yan Minghua immediately understood: Master Wang had tricked her!

But for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to feel angry. Instead, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief...

It was better that she'd been deceived than that he had really died...

After collecting herself, Yan Minghua immediately asked, "Where is Master Wang now? I'd like to see him."

Dou Dai replied, "Master Wang is in the pill-refining room right now. Because of his noble act in aiding the righteous path, he's become a thorn in the Demonic Cultivators' side. That's why Master Wang specifically asked me just now to keep his whereabouts secret. But Senior Sister Yan isn't an outsider..."

Before he could finish, Yan Minghua narrowed her eyes slightly.

Keep his whereabouts secret?

He was avoiding her!

Thinking this, Yan Minghua said curtly, "Thank you."

As she spoke, she had already transformed into a long river formed of countless petals and rushed into the city, speeding toward Miao City's pill-refining room.

Seeing this, Dou Dai was slightly taken aback and murmured unconsciously, "...Senior Sister Qiao is there too, helping Uncle Sun inspect the pills..."

He hesitated over whether to catch up and finish what he'd been saying. Just then, the Sound Transmission Talisman in his Storage Pouch stirred.

Dou Dai immediately took it out and activated it. Elder Jiang's voice came from the talisman: "Dou Dai, how is Miao City? Some more orphans have been found a thousand li from the city, after the demonic sects wreaked havoc. Would you be able to take them in?"

He immediately gathered his thoughts. "All right, Martial Uncle, rest assured. Everything in Miao City is stable... But how many orphans are there, and are they mortals or cultivators? That way, I can have my junior brothers and sisters prepare