"How did it go, young lady? Do you have any clues about my disciple?"
Li Fan asked Shui Qingling.
At his question, Shui Qingling's heart tightened. She didn't dare lie at all and said,
"This junior... should know."
Li Fan nodded at her response. Good, that was all he needed!
"Good. Then I'll have to trouble you to show us the way."
Shui Qingling hesitated for a moment... Did she have to return to the Water Dao Imperial Court?
To her now, the Water Dao Imperial Court was... nothing short of a place of sorrow.
As the Water Dao Imperial Court's Saintess, she had been betrayed and treated like a discarded pawn. Her heart had gone cold.
But in the end, she took a deep breath and said,
"Of course. This junior will do her best!"
If it weren't for Dugu Yuqing and the others, she would already be dead. She wasn't the sort of person who failed to repay a kindness.
"By the way, Master,"
Dugu Yuqing spoke up just then.
"We hunted quite a few Great Birds on this trip. The villagers have gathered, and they're getting ready to hold a feast."
Li Fan's heart leaped with joy. It had been ages since they'd held a feast!
"Good. Let's go take a look."
He immediately scooped up Little White and, with Dugu Yuqing, Gongya, and the others, left the Small Courtyard together.
Shui Qingling silently followed along with them.
At that very moment.
Outside Small Mountain Village.
"Do we really have to go back?"
Deep in the forest, Ao Wushuang's expression grew increasingly grim. He really didn't want to go to that sinister Small Mountain Village!
"Enough nonsense! If you don't go, you die!"
The two corpse slaves spoke coldly.
Ao Wushuang was utterly despairing. He had