After exchanging a few simple words with that Moon Jade Realm cultivator, Lu Ye found that she had no intention of making things difficult for him. Reassured, he soon followed Haitang into Square Inch Mountain.
From the outside, Square Inch Mountain looked like a small mountain-shaped Floating Land one could find anywhere in the starry sky. Yet once inside, one realized it was an entire world.
Without slowing down, Haitang led Lu Ye onward through the air.
Lu Ye asked, "Where are we going?"
Haitang fell silent for a moment before saying, "Senior Brother, I want to ask you to return to the Eastern Division with me."
Lu Ye had already guessed as much. Since the three divisions of Square Inch Mountain could travel between one another, it was naturally possible to reach the Eastern Division from here.
"Of course, if Senior Brother is unwilling, I won't force you," Haitang added.
Lu Ye said nothing.
Haitang had said so much, both openly and indirectly, that she was practically telling him to go to the Eastern Division and see Su Yuqing. As a personal disciple, Haitang did not want to—and should not—interfere in this matter. Yet she had witnessed the changes in her master. As her disciple, unable to help ease her master's worries, Haitang had been deeply troubled. Now that such an opportunity had finally presented itself, she did not want to let it slip away.
Even if her master punished her afterward, she would act first and report later!
She believed Lu Ye would not refuse. So long as he had even a little sense of responsibility...
Naturally, Lu Ye could not refuse. He silently followed behind Haitang. His lack of a response was itself a response.
Before long, they arrived in a valley. There stood a structure resembling