The Gong Sisters

When she realized the other woman wouldn't be easy to fool, a faint trace of disappointment flashed through Jiang Yuechu's eyes.

Still, she felt nothing else in particular.

She glanced once more at the purple-qi-cloud swirling beneath her feet, then closed her eyes and let her thoughts sink inward.

After the Demon King Qiankun, who had spotted their target in the distance and quietly followed along, sent back an affirmative reply,

Jiang Yuechu slowly opened her eyes and nodded to Purple Plume. "Keep going, but don't go too fast."

"Huh?"

Not too fast?

Purple Plume froze atop the cloud, staring at her in bewilderment.

They were going to rescue someone. Delays could lead to disaster. Who would complain that their escape speed was too fast?

A dark suspicion crept into her heart. She even wondered whether Fellow Daoist Jiang secretly hoped that little monk would die out there...

After all, the treasured possession of Tranquil Peace Temple that the little monk had been longing for was still lying safe and sound in Fellow Daoist Jiang's hands.

If something really happened to the little monk, there'd be no one left to demand the bead back. It would fall into her hands fair and square.

But soon enough, Purple Plume shook her head and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

The other woman had been the one to propose rescuing Kongming. If she'd truly wanted the little monk dead, why waste time coming all this way to put on such an act?

Even if she didn't offer help, that would have been perfectly understandable... After all, the woman who'd abducted him had unfathomable methods. She could spirit away even a Roaming Void Sea cultivator without a sound. Even Purple Plume herself hadn't dared to follow and investigate right away.

Fellow Daoist Jiang must have