Though it had only been a fleeting glimpse, it was enough to show that the three were in a far from optimistic situation.
However.
In response to Su Shi'er's question, Jiutian Xuanye merely gave a bitter smile and shook her head. "I... cannot say!"
"Hmm? Cannot say? Could it be... the Immortal Realm?"
Su Shi'er was taken aback at first, but he did not take offense and hurriedly continued questioning her.
Jiutian Xuanye still shook her head.
Su Shi'er promptly added, "If it is not the Immortal Realm, then it is still within the Cultivation World, but... related to the Immortal Realm?"
Jiutian Xuanye's delicate brows furrowed slightly. Standing where she was, she neither nodded nor shook her head.
Yet, seeing her like this, Su Shi'er immediately had his answer.
"Many thanks to you for your aid this time, Senior. So long as I know where they are, I believe there will always be a way to find them.
As for this time, I fear I have dragged you into it, Senior."
Su Shi'er clasped his hands and bowed, continuing to thank Jiutian Xuanye.
Regarding matters connected to the Immortal Realm, she kept her lips sealed, unwilling to reveal even half a sentence more.
Yet her expression and demeanor had already given him much information.
Most crucially, the voice that had emerged from that immortal city in the end had been majestic and overwhelming. It had clearly set its sights on Jiutian Xuanye, this senior of the Xuanji Sect, because of this.
This left Su Shi'er feeling deeply apologetic.
"To call it being dragged in would be inaccurate. Since I have returned to the world, this situation was unavoidable to begin with.
This deduction has instead allowed me to learn quite a bit of information in advance.
As for you,