Seeing Daoist Yue point upward, Daoist Shen and Daoist Tie were both stunned for a moment. But they quickly understood, exchanged a glance, and Daoist Shen could not help lowering his voice. "Fellow Daoist means that family...?"
Daoist Yue nodded, indicating that they had guessed correctly.
Daoist Shen drew a breath and sighed. "But leave aside that we do not know where that family is—even if we did, they have shown me some care in the past. Revealing their whereabouts would hardly be righteous, would it?"
Daoist Yue shook his head. "Then let me ask this first: Celestial Xia is so powerful, so why did it insist on seeking us out? Was it merely to make an agreement with us not to disturb one another?"
For a time, Daoist Shen and Daoist Tie could not explain why. This was also the question in their hearts, yet they had no answer for it at present.
The strength of their various sects was truly not worth mentioning to Celestial Xia; there seemed to be nothing about them that could be used. If Celestial Xia sought to absorb them, there was no need for it to speak so courteously. Besides, Celestial Xia had clearly promised that they could continue to exist independently. Even if they were unwilling to relocate to Celestial Xia, they merely needed to establish a pact of mutual nonaggression.
Daoist Tie said, "By Fellow Daoist's reasoning, could Celestial Xia's purpose be to seek out that family?"
Daoist Yue said, "Perhaps. But it is only a possibility. Still, let us suppose it is so." He looked at the two of them. "If that is truly the case, then with Celestial Xia's methods, since it could find us, it surely can find that family as well. Besides, even if we say nothing