Uchiha Shin looked at Queen Mother of the West and asked, "Your Majesty, why are you helping the two of us? Why tell us this method?"
What Uchiha Shin doubted was not the method itself, but Queen Mother of the West's attitude. At first, when Leng Yuezi and he had wanted to enter the Heavenly Court, Curtain-Rolling General had said that Queen Mother of the West would never agree.
Yet now Queen Mother of the West had come to find them and even told them such a method. It was truly puzzling.
Queen Mother of the West said, "Actually, I did not wish to help you with this matter. I only wanted to stay out of it and focus on cultivating my own strength. This matter has nothing to do with me.
"However, I still want to help you, because this is not only helping you—it is also helping myself."
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by that?" Uchiha Shin asked.
Queen Mother of the West said, "I am doing this only because I do not want King Mu to grow tired of me. King Mu is an emperor who cares for the world. If he learned that I had chosen to remain uninvolved and ignored whether others lived or died, he might come to despise me.
"As long as I can enter the Saint Realm, I will be able to see King Mu and rescue him. The two of us should be reunited very soon."
After saying that, Queen Mother of the West slightly raised her head and looked upward, as though imagining the scene of her reunion with King Mu.
Uchiha Shin no longer had any doubts.
On Hongjun Island, Taishang Laojun suddenly opened his tightly shut eyes, then smiled helplessly.
Queen Mother of the West entering the