"Since we parted in Longyou, may you have been well, Lady Jiang."
Looking at the handwriting on the note, Jiang Yuechu narrowed her eyes slightly and fell into a long contemplation.
To be honest.
Every single word in those scant dozen or so characters had taken her by surprise.
Setting everything else aside.
Longyou, that place name, felt far too out of place for her now that she was in this world—indeed, even within the Buddhist Sect's territory.
That was Great Tang territory, and the people from Great Tang who had come to the Outer Lands with her were all safely staying in Azure Firmament Grotto. There was no way they could have appeared in West Creek Commandery.
Not to mention that the other party had addressed her as Lady Jiang. Clearly, they had dealt with her before...
"..."
Jiang Yuechu racked her brains, faces from the past flashing through her mind one after another, yet she still could not think of who would seek her out here and now in this manner.
After a long silence.
She raised her eyes calmly.
A bone-chilling killing intent suddenly surged from the depths of her gaze.
The next moment.
The girl sprang up, exerted strength with one arm, and forcibly lifted the diminutive rat demon into the air.
"Who sent you?"
The sudden turn of events startled the other two in the room. Gao Wen instinctively gripped his sword hilt, while Qiu Yinong secretly gathered her qi.
"Urgh... ngh..."
The rat demon's legs kicked frantically in midair, both hands clawing at Jiang Yuechu's wrist. Its mung-bean-sized eyes were filled with terror.
It struggled with all its might to speak. "Senior, let's... let's talk this over properly. Air... give me some air..."
Jiang Yuechu remained expressionless, loosening her fingers by the slightest gap—just