Facing Meng Wei, Yu Ci had nothing to hide. He pointed at the Sky Pillar Mountain soaring into the clouds and smiled.
"We're going there."
The more lightly he said it, the more worried Meng Wei became. With her whisk in hand, she moved a little closer, wanting to persuade him, yet Yu Ci's attitude gave her no opening at all. If she spoke now, it would likely have the opposite effect. After some thought, she smiled as well.
"May I accompany you, Junior Brother?"
Yu Ci's smile blazed like sunshine. "Sure, but let me make one thing clear first..."
"What?"
"I'm going up by the Path of Heart Inquiry. By those damned conditions, haha!"
Damned conditions? Meng Wei's thoughts turned, and she understood. Yu Ci meant the legend of a path where every step was a stair, without a single gap, stretching straight to the summit. All she could do now was sigh inwardly and nod. "Gladly."
Sword-light and human figures swooped downward. In a flash, they had arrived below Sky Pillar Mountain. The narrow mountain path flickered in and out amid the clouds and mist, enough to make the fainthearted lose all courage.
Both raised their heads to look upward. After a moment, Yu Ci grinned and gestured to Meng Wei, taking the first step onto the mountain path. The path was too narrow for them to walk abreast without crowding each other, so Meng Wei fell half a step behind. Night was just descending, shadows blanketing the trail. One before and one behind, they climbed the stairs at an unhurried pace.
Both possessed extraordinary control over their bodies, and without a word, they adjusted into perfectly matched rhythms. Though two climbed the steps, their footsteps sounded like those of one person.
Only, their thoughts now likely ran