Su Bai shook his head.
"No, this is the Sunset Forest outside Heaven Dou City in the Heaven Dou Empire, the Kirin Hall's old base in the mortal world. No one has lived here permanently for a long time."
Xiao Bai and Sea Witch nodded repeatedly, looking around inside the hall.
Su Bai clapped his hands, drawing all the girls' attention back to him.
"We've spent a long time on Sea God Island. By my reckoning, you haven't been home for several years, and you haven't even sent a letter to let your families know you're safe."
"We came back here first today so you could each visit your sects and families, let them know you're safe, and see your parents and elders."
At those words, the girls who had been laughing and joking fell quiet.
Ning Rongrong pinched the corner of her clothes. Counting the days, she realized she really had been away from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for far too long. Who knew how worried her father and her two grandpas had become?
Huo Wu also dropped her fearless swagger, her fingers unconsciously winding around her wine-red hair.
"At least you still have a little conscience left. You haven't kept us locked up forever as your bandit brides."
Huo Wu strode up to Su Bai in her tall boots and poked his chest.
"If the Blazing Fire Academy thinks I died out there, who knows what kind of uproar they'll cause? I need to hurry back and get my brother and father to settle down."
Shui Bing'er gently took Shui Yue'er's hand and told Su Bai softly,
"The Skywater Academy isn't exactly close to here, but with the teleportation array, the trip won't take much effort. Mother must have been waiting for us every day."
Shui