Distant Secret Meeting: Extreme Orbit Celestial Beads

Zi Qu's way of speaking was very strange. Yu Ci was somewhat reluctant to go, but it was only a passing thought. He scarcely hesitated before replying, "Please lead the way, Miss Zi Qu."

Before long, they arrived at Yuangguang Pavilion. Yu Ci was fairly familiar with the place, but Zi Qu clearly had no intention of leading him into Zhan Shuicheng's former residence. After passing through the front hall, they turned in another direction.

Yu Ci followed at an unhurried pace, with no particular thoughts in mind. Since he had come, he would have to go through this sooner or later. Why overthink it? Thinking wore on the spirit, and he needed to conserve his strength.

Their overall direction was downward, and Yu Ci could tell that this place should be near a vital opening in the earth veins. Arrays were spread throughout the surroundings. This was an important cultivation site within Yuangguang Pavilion. His own cave residence had similar arrangements, of course, but it lagged far behind Yuangguang Pavilion.

As he walked, Zi Qu found something odd. The spiritual light of array after array swept over them, serving as a test. Everyone passing through should have produced some response from their aura, yet Jiu Yan's aura had naturally drawn inward, like a dried-up well, yielding almost no feedback. Someone capable of this was basically a dead man!

Zi Qu could not help glancing at him. At that very moment, a figure appeared in the gradually widening view ahead.

The Palace Mistress?

The thought had barely arisen in Yu Ci's mind before he corrected it. Impossible. They had not reached the destination yet. No matter what, that person would not personally come to greet him.

As they drew nearer and he saw more clearly, his eyelid suddenly twitched. The