Cheng Wei spread his hands. "No."
"Then I'm going too," Wen Xu said at once, without a moment's hesitation.
"But what are we going to do? Rumor still has it that your injuries are fatal. If you show up in Pagoda City now, won't you be telling everyone Yonglu Mountain faked the whole thing?"
Wen Xu blinked. "There's a rumor like that?"
"It couldn't be helped. Some people were too stupid and too troublesome. Even your sect master nephew couldn't resist dealing with them for you. Pagoda City isn't sealed off like the other three cities. Your Golden Light might be exposed to everyone there, and it might not even work on Wen Chishan." After all, a Demon Seed that had yet to parasitize anyone and one that had successfully done so were two entirely different threats.
Pagoda City did not currently have what was needed for the Demon-Slaying Grand Formation. If Cheng Wei went, he could complete the last corner of its four-cornered array. If there was truly no other way, he would have to sacrifice all his cultivation. He trusted that Jun Zhaoying and Wushan had prepared themselves for that possibility too. There was simply no need to tell his young disciple.
Wen Xu had considered that. "Being exposed wouldn't really matter. Even you haven't figured out what the Golden Light is, Master. I doubt anyone else would recognize it."
"..." For a moment, Cheng Wei had no rebuttal.
"Besides, I have to go sooner or later, Master." Wen Xu touched his chest. "There's a voice here telling me to go to Pagoda City."
Cheng Wei was struck speechless. How familiar it was. When he had transformed into a dragon, it had been the same. Everyone had expected him to become human, yet he had chosen to become