"Brother Gu?" Yu Sui asked, surprised and confused. "Why are you..."
Her mind raced. She quickly remembered that Xiaoyao Pool had an underwater secret passage connecting it to the Hanging Moon Cave in Legalism School Territory. Could Gu Gan have come to Xiaoyao Pool through that passage?
Water streamed down Gu Gan's face, and he was drenched from head to toe. He looked Yu Sui over, and only after seeing that she wasn't hurt did he relax. Gripping a tree root, he pulled himself up.
"Suisui, was that Character Spirit Mark that just fell down the one you chose?"
"Yep. I picked it out carefully." Yu Sui's voice was a little hoarse. She was satisfied to have gotten the Character Spirit Mark from the very top of the Qingniao Tree, but controlling the Five Elements Light Core to climb up there had taken a lot out of her. She was exhausted in body and mind.
"Brother Gu, why are you here? Did you and Senior Martial Brother break the True Spirit Chain? Where is he?" As she spoke, Yu Sui glanced toward the water.
Gu Gan had just crawled out of it, and his expression darkened. "Why do you mention Mei Chengyu every three sentences? You don't even care how I got here?"
Yu Sui looked bewildered. "Wasn't my first question about you?"
Although she had asked right away, Gu Gan still felt dissatisfied. He gave Yu Sui a sidelong glance and let out a quiet huff.
"I knew you wouldn't give up after finally making it into the Xiaoyao Pool Treasure Trove. But you don't know School of Names Word Spirits, so I rushed over to help."
He paused, then added, "There's an underwater passage beneath Xiaoyao Pool that leads to the Hanging Moon Cave. I knew that when