At that moment, a figure drifted lightly down.
"That's Yu Shi?"
"He looks a bit..."
"A Quadruple Spirit Root genius is really going with us to the Central Region?"
Everyone looked up while discussing him animatedly.
Xu Changqing narrowed his eyes and scrutinized him carefully.
Yu Shi appeared rather lean, dressed in a loose purple robe.
His phoenix eyes were long and narrow, their outer corners lifted, while his eye sockets were slightly sunken.
His brows were somewhat thin, like willow leaves lightly pressing over his eye sockets.
His nose bridge stood tall, a typical hooked nose.
His lips were pressed into a thin line, like the edge of a sharp blade.
If one looked closely, one would find that he carried many storage artifacts.
Besides an obvious black belt around his waist, he wore six jade rings on both hands.
After landing, Yu Shi walked step by step toward the group, surrounded by ten puppets.
Lu Wu was the first to step forward and greet him. "You're here."
Yu Shi swept his gaze across them, taking in everyone's reactions before asking, "Is everyone here?"
Xu Changqing shook his head. "No."
Yu Shi seemed a little impatient. "Can we be faster? For example, leave today?"
Xu Changqing spread his hands. "Not everyone has arrived. How could we leave? Besides, none of us have finished preparing our resources."
Yu Shi raised his brows and looked him over with a scrutinizing gaze. "You're the leader for this trip?"
Xu Changqing gave an affirmative answer. "That's right."
Yu Shi tilted his head, looked at the Crimson Maple Ancient Tree in the distance, and pondered, "Being able to live in a place like this means your status in the Spirit Fields must be quite high."
Xu Changqing said rather modestly, "It's nothing. I'm merely