"Yay!"
Ling Miaomiao jumped to her feet, then grabbed Mu Yao's arm and said excitedly, "Sister Yao Yao, you're the best!"
Seeing that they all wanted to return to the Capital City, Zhao Ruoshi took a deep breath and finally summoned the courage to say, "Then I'll go back too. I'll show you all around!"
Ling Miaomiao nodded eagerly. She didn't even pay attention to Mu Sheng, whose face had already darkened, and casually agreed. She had never seen an ancient capital before, of course she wanted to look around!
Meanwhile, in the Capital City,
Wang Yue had just been summoned by Imperial Concubine Zhao, so he prepared to go. He figured she must want him to check on Princess Duanyang, a task he felt he could handle with ease.
But before Wang Yue could set off, Guo Xiu, the head of the Imperial Observatory, stopped him of his own accord.
Seeing Guo Xiu hesitate and stumble over his words, Wang Yue frowned and asked, "What is it, Chief Guo? If you have something to say, say it. Otherwise, I still need to go to the palace."
Guo Xiu knew he couldn't keep certain things hidden. If Wang Yue exposed Princess Duanyang's pretense of being possessed, his own plans would fall through.
So he asked solemnly, "Director, what do you think about what happened at Kirin Mountain more than a decade ago?"
At the mention of Kirin Mountain, Wang Yue thought of the water demon he had captured. Frowning, he asked, "I heard Imperial Concubine Zhao sent many cultivators to Kirin Mountain back then and left it in ruins. What does that have to do with you, Chief Guo?"
Seeing that Wang Yue knew about Kirin Mountain, Guo Xiu replied gravely, "Many of my fellow disciples went there back then,