Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai's eyes lit up. The two girls instinctively tightened the Mountain Sea Bags slung behind their backs. "A treasure? What treasure?"
Lu Yin pointed at the enormous eye split open on the distant mountain.
Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai nodded eagerly.
Lu Yin smiled and gazed at the giant eye atop the mountain, anticipation rising in him. He wondered what it was.
He hoped Shang Qing wouldn't notice him. Suddenly, he felt like a thief.
They set off toward the mountain. Along the way, Lu Yin spotted something strange floating in the air: a white solid that had formed the words "Save me."
He picked up the solid and applied a little pressure. It turned into smoke and drifted away.
Lu Yin's gaze sharpened. Smoke... Gu Xiaoer?
Come to think of it, Gu Xiaoer had been nowhere to be seen during the long struggle for the Star Tower in the Shanhai Realm. The Star Tower was huge, but with Gu Xiaoer's abilities, he should have made at least some kind of appearance. That white smoke was remarkably strange; it could even counter Zhi Yi's Life Source Qi. Gu Xiaoer shouldn't have vanished without a trace.
Besides, Gu Xiaoer wasn't the type to keep out of sight.
As he pondered this, Lu Yin continued watching the distant sea. Before long, he spotted another white solid, this time forming the same two words: "Save me."
The plea had been formed by condensing smoke. It had come from that mountain in the distance.
Lu Yin hurried toward it with Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai.
Before long, the three of them reached the foot of the mountain.
Lu Yin looked up and saw Rune Dao Numbers. There was a cultivator on the mountain, steadily approaching the enormous eye.
Someone besides