On the core, Lu Ye sighed.
By this time in the past, Little Nine would have already contacted him of its own accord. Yet after this return, there had been no message from Little Nine at all.
He did not think anything had happened to Little Nine. If something had happened to it, Nine Provinces could not possibly remain at peace.
Little Nine was probably immersed in the companionship of Little Flower Maiden now...
But that was a good thing. At the very least, Little Nine would no longer be alone.
Before long, he reached the vicinity of Nine Provinces. As always, Lu Ye's whereabouts were immediately discovered by the Nine Provinces Star Constellations patrolling nearby. When they came over and saw that it was Lu Ye, they promptly let down their guard, exchanged greetings with him, and continued their patrol.
When Lu Ye had first returned from the Myriad Phenomena Sea, the Star Constellations of Nine Provinces had been immensely excited and expectant. But as the number of times he left and returned steadily grew, everyone gradually stopped finding it strange.
For Star Constellations like them, cultivation and growing stronger would always be their foremost task. Nine Provinces had no Spirit Jade Vein of its own, so they could only venture deep into the starry sky to search for spirit jade, save up enough of it, then refine it into nourishment for their own growth.
The core came to a halt, hovering at a distance. It looked utterly unremarkable. Indeed, if cultivators unaware of the truth encountered it in the starry sky, they would not even give it a second glance, for there were simply too many things like it in the starry sky.
Yet it was the core of Square Inch Mountain. The Little People Race of the