While he waited, people occasionally poked their heads in through the main hall's entrance to peer inside. There was no malice in it; they simply seemed curious.
After all, guests rarely appeared in a place like Square Inch Mountain. Usually, only outside cultivators unaware of the situation would accidentally wander in, only to be detained by the Great Sun Realm cultivators guarding the borders.
Moreover, Haitang held no small status within Immortal Spirit Peak. The cultivators from the same Spirit Peak naturally wanted to see what sort of person the guest she had brought back was.
Yet at a glance, they were greatly disappointed. They quickly lost interest and dispersed.
Faced with all those furtive peeks, Lu Ye could only pretend not to notice and wait quietly.
Haitang, meanwhile, headed straight up Immortal Spirit Peak and paid respects to her master, Su Yuqing, within the main hall.
A Great Sun Realm cultivator's divine sense was immensely powerful. Su Yuqing had already noticed when Haitang had first brought Lu Ye into Square Inch Mountain.
When Haitang had vanished before, Su Yuqing had personally gone out to investigate. She had found traces of the Ghost Ship and understood at once that her most outstanding disciple had likely stumbled into it by accident. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to find no trace of Haitang no matter where she looked. Yet even as a Great Sun Realm cultivator, she had not dared enter the Ghost Ship to save her, because once inside, she would have to abide by the Ghost Ship's Rules and would be unable to make use of a Great Sun Realm cultivator's advantages at all.
Most likely, she would fail to save anyone and end up trapped herself.
Though it pained her deeply, she could only decide to