Vast Sea Immortal Residence, where the Vast Sea disciples were staying.
Fang Shu kept his thoughts to himself and chatted with his fellow disciples for a while. Then he prepared to take his leave. "We've spent quite a bit of energy traveling here. Fellow Daoists, I, Hu, will head back to my room first."
Seeing this, Qi Yuexin also rose and saluted. "Senior Brothers and Sisters, I'll return to my room as well."
But just then,
Ming Jianxi suddenly stepped forward and spoke with a smile. "Wait. Since it looks like Senior Brother Yu won't be coming for now, all seven of us have arrived. It's time we paid our respects to True Immortal White Truth.
"Though you two are tired, we can't neglect proper etiquette. We don't want True Immortal White Truth to blame us later. Brother Hu, Junior Sister Qi, you'd regret it if I hadn't reminded you."
Hearing this, Fang Shu's expression turned contemplative.
Ming Jianxi's words made a fair bit of sense. Once all the direct disciples from Vast Sea had arrived, they really should pay their respects together to the True Immortal residing in the prefecture.
Especially since he and Qi Yuexin had arrived last. True Immortal White Truth had likely been waiting for them.
Besides observing the proper etiquette of juniors toward their elders, paying their respects to a True Immortal would also offer the direct disciples some protection. It would let the True Immortal recognize them, so if anything happened to them outside, he could come to their rescue.
Yet for some reason, when Fang Shu glanced at Ming Jianxi, he sensed that she wasn't acting out of the goodwill she claimed.
Keeping his expression neutral, he agreed. "All right. We'll do as you say, Daoist Ming."
Qi Yuexin stood to one side