Yu Ci gave a dark laugh, took a heavy stride back into the room, and drew his treasured sword mid-stride. "Then let's take it back to study further... Come help!"
Lu Ya answered in the affirmative. Just as she was about to step forward, a sudden jolt seized her heart, and her void-walking-tier instincts brought a vague prewarning. Raising her eyes to look again, where the sword tip pointed, the landscape painting upon that screen seemed to harbor some very subtle changes.
She could not grasp it for a moment, yet since Jiu Yan had given the order, she had no choice but to step over.
The landscape screen appeared to be of Kesi silk weave, light, thin, and exquisitely crafted. If she were to dismantle it with a sword, it would undoubtedly be a terrible waste of natural treasures. But now, Lu Ya no longer dared to view it with ordinary eyes. Arriving before the screen, she looked back at Yu Ci, wanting to ask for instructions on how to proceed, only to hear Yu Ci call out, "Stop right there."
There was a mind-shaking power within his voice. Lu Ya started at the sound and remained frozen in that very posture, not daring to move even the slightest bit.
After a moment, his voice penetrated her ears. "Search the painting for your location within Donghua Palace."
Lu Ya was stunned, but since it was Jiu Yan's command, she naturally had to obey.
Having spent all these years in Donghua Palace, she knew its layout inside and out. Although the landscape painting on the screen undoubtedly possessed some discrepancies in angles and proportions compared to reality, it still could not stump her.
She turned sideways and pointed at the fourth peak of the Western Eight Peaks. "This humble maid