By the time they spoke, they had reached the cave entrance, where Incense Slave was still waiting quietly in the carriage.
There was no need to ride for the remaining stretch. Bi Chao and Yu Ci strolled along together, while Incense Slave kept the Cloud-Treading Beasts that could ride the clouds and soar through the mist thoroughly in hand, following slowly behind with strides even shorter than those of the pair ahead.
They said nothing along the way. After circling halfway around the mountain, they arrived at the battlefield from that day.
After walking all this way, Yu Ci suddenly realized that he had misunderstood something before. "I thought Master Bi Chao was interested in the ghost beasts. It turns out you were targeting these fiends. Your sect is truly well informed..."
Even now, Yu Ci did not know where those fiends had come from, much less what they were trying to accomplish. Yet Bi Chao seemed to have everything in the palm of her hand. But before yesterday, she had still needed Yu Ci to lead her to where those fiends were. It was truly strange.
"Ghost beasts are already abandoned pets of the Divine Lord. Whatever they do now has nothing to do with our sect. As for intelligence, our religious order naturally has certain special channels."
"The sect's channels? Could they be divine revelations from your Divine Lord?"
Yu Ci brought out his half-baked understanding, drawing a laugh from Bi Chao. "Fellow Daoist Yu is ultimately not one of our faith, so you may have some misunderstandings about the relationship between us believers and the Divine Lord. An example will make it clear. Though you have not truly left home to enter the Dao, you still count as a member of the Profound Gate. Have you ever