The young man sitting opposite her finally raised his head. The light on the formation disk flickered irregularly, reflecting on his face and painting it with an extremely complicated expression.
"Senior Sister."
The young man spoke, his voice lowered to a minimum.
"Can the Mountain-Protecting Array of our Profound Mechanism Pavilion withstand this little beast?"
Senior Sister Han did not answer.
The answer was already written on her face.
Yao Yao lowered her head to look at Tun Tun, who had woken up in her arms, and reached out to rub its furry head.
Tun Tun narrowed its eyes and let out a pleased "purr."
"Stop it."
Yao Yao's voice was very soft, as if she were coaxing a greedy child.
"Sister Qing said we can't just eat things outside."
Tun Tun grievance-swished its tail, gave the jade pendant at Chen Xuan's waist a lingering, reluctant look, then shrank back into Yao Yao's arms, curling into a ball to continue sleeping.
Yao Yao raised her head, her gaze sweeping across the dense crowd of rogue cultivators below Flowing Cloud Ferry.
That gaze was so clear it was nearly transparent, devoid of any superfluous emotions.
Curiosity.
Pure curiosity.
Like a child stepping out of their home for the first time, feeling a sense of novelty toward everything before their eyes.
"Sister Qing is right."
She muttered softly.
"The outside world really is quite lively."
Then she took a step.
Her bare feet lifted from the chaotic cloud mass and stepped into the void.
Where her foot landed, a Chaos Spirit Flower bloomed.
She walked down from the clouds step by step, a spirit flower blooming beneath her soles with every step she took.
Flowers bloomed and withered in the span of a snap of a finger.
Yet the multicolored light dust