Petite Zhuge Yue

Because Zhuge Zhongyang and Zhuge Yue are still on Heavenly Island. Whether they are alive or dead, Song Shuhang at least has to go find them. If they are still alive, then he should do his best to bring them safely back to the Ancient City.

"Oh? Does Fellow Daoist Song intend to settle down on Heavenly Island?" Jiudeng suddenly asked happily.

"..." Song Shuhang was silent for a moment before replying, "Well, I still have two friends on Heavenly Island, but I got separated from them when I entered the island. I want to find them first before leaving Heavenly Island."

"Oh? You have friends on Heavenly Island?" Abbess Jiudeng stroked her smooth chin. "Need me to help you find them? I have some connections on Heavenly Island!"

Song Shuhang naturally hoped to get Jiudeng's help. Although he didn't know her identity on Heavenly Island, he felt that she should be of high status... If she could help him, it would be much easier to find Zhuge Zhongyang and the other person.

However, when Abbess Jiudeng so enthusiastically and proactively offered to help him, Song Shuhang vaguely felt something was amiss—that she could so easily let go of the past. This could also be explained by the fact that Abbess Jiudeng was a virtuous Buddhist Sect master with profound knowledge of Buddhist teachings.

But later, her enthusiasm seemed a bit off, giving the impression that she was being overly attentive... Was I judging her by my own petty standards?

After thinking for a moment, Song Shuhang tentatively asked, "Abbess Jiudeng, is there anything I can help you with? If so, please just say so."

"You're overthinking it. I don't want anything. I'm just bored and have nothing better to do than show you around Heavenly Island. After all, I'm practically a host, and you're a guest, so showing you around the island is just my duty," Abbess Jiudeng chuckled. "Besides, you can just call me Jiudeng."

"Then... I'll have to trouble you Miss Jiudeng," Song Shuhang replied. Regardless of what Abbess Jiudeng was planning, all he needed to do was find Zhuge Yue and Zhuge Zhongyang. Then, he would take them directly to the Ancient City tower, complete the transaction, and leave Heavenly Island.

After leaving... whether his Memory-Sealing Spell or erased, he would never have any further contact with Heavenly Island. They would go their separate ways!

As soon as Song Shuhang finished speaking, Jiudeng gave him a thumbs up again. "The word 'girl' is used wonderfully! I like it."

Song Shuhang: "..."

With his wildly unpredictable thought process, how exactly does he manage to stay in sync with Abbess Jiudeng?

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Three minutes later.

Song Shuhang and Jiudeng returned to the city gate.

The massive city gate... remained open at a height of two meters, showing no sign of closing.

Did Abbess Jiudeng know all along that she would leave, so she simply didn't close the city gate? Song Shuhang wondered.

While he was pondering, Jiudeng led him out of the city gate.

Then, the Miss Jiudeng slapped the city gate hard. "Sleep your ass, get up and have some fun!"

The next moment, two red question marks appeared on the city gate. Then, the massive city gate closed abruptly.

Song Shuhang: "..."

Is this city gate asleep? It looks like it's a magical artifact, perhaps even possessing Artifact Spirit. But it just feels like this city gate has a really unique personality.

After taking pictures of the city gate, Jiudeng said to Song Shuhang, "Let's go find your friend."

"Does Miss Jiudeng have a way to find my friend quickly?" Song Shuhang asked.

Jiudeng said confidently, "Don't worry, with me here, finding your friends will be easy. First, go to the approximate location where you entered Heavenly Island, then follow their trail of scent. We'll find them quickly. The prerequisite is that your two friends haven't wandered into the territory of some monster and been swallowed whole."

Song Shuhang nodded silently. In fact, finding people by smell is something that any cultivator can do once they have opened their 'Nose Aperture'. However, Song Shuhang hadn't received any special training and couldn't yet master the skill of finding people by smell.

Afterwards, Song Shuhang and Jiudeng described the location of the plane crash.

Jiudeng then led him to the location of the plane wreckage.

"This is where the plane's fuselage is located. There were about twenty passengers who survived the crash," Song Shuhang explained. "However, my two friends weren't among the survivors. I suspect they're probably on another piece of wreckage."

"I understand." Abbess Jiudeng closed her eyes and sensed for a while before replying, "I can sense two groups of people centered on this area. One group is a team of eight people; their presence was felt near this plane wreckage. Right now, they are wandering in the jungle... They're really bold."

Eight people, and they were near the plane wreckage, so they must be the old professor's group who had split up with us. Their team had exactly eight people, and it seemed they hadn't encountered any terrifying monsters or giant eagles; they were lucky.

"The other group is a group of four; they might be the target you're looking for. Why don't we go take a look?" Jiudeng said.

"Then please, Miss Jiudeng, lead me to find the whereabouts of those four people," Song Shuhang nodded.

"Come with me." Surprisingly, Abbess Jiudeng was very cooperative with Song Shuhang and had no intention of causing trouble at all.

Judging from her expression, she really didn't have any ulterior motive; was it just a spur-of-the-moment decision?

Jiudeng rapidly approached the vast jungle. She moved at an incredible speed, and Song Shuhang had to use his "Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles" technique at top speed just to keep up with her pace.

"Your movements are quite impressive." Jiudeng turned around and glanced at Song Shuhang, then smiled.

"I was lucky enough to meet a very good senior who taught me this movement technique," Song Shuhang replied.

"Yes, it's a movement technique that suits you very well." Jiudeng nodded and said, "Then I'll speed up a bit more, keep up!"

After saying that, she increased her speed as she moved through the jungle.

Song Shuhang gritted his teeth and used all his strength to activate the "Gentleman Travels Ten Thousand Miles" movement technique, barely managing to hang behind Jiudeng.

"Not bad, you can keep up even like that." Jiudeng turned around and looked at Shuhang, smiling.

"I've already done my best. If Miss Jiudeng speeds up any further, I won't be able to keep up," Song Shuhang said while catching his breath.

Just then... the person in front of him, Jiudeng, gave him a thumbs up again. "You used the phrase 'exerting all your might' so well, I like it!"

Song Shuhang was both amused and exasperated.

"We're getting closer." At this moment, Jiudeng suddenly stopped and sniffed the air.

As she spoke, Song Shuhang also caught a whiff of Zhuge Yue's scent.

He quickly looked in the direction the smell was coming from.

"Song... Song Shuhang?" A faint voice came from the direction Song Shuhang was looking.

There she was, Zhuge Yue, leaning against a hundred-meter-tall tree, her delicate face upturned as she looked at Song Shuhang, as adorable as a doll...

This analogy is so apt—because at this time, Zhuge Yue was only the size of a doll!