"What?!"
"Senior Brother Liu was badly hurt? When? How did it happen?"
Surprised, Ji Yuan fired off several questions in one breath.
He had few friends to begin with. Liu Yuan was one of the rare few, and they got along especially well, so hearing that he had been seriously injured naturally worried Ji Yuan.
"I don't know the details either. I just received a message from Master and came back from outside."
Soft Hands paused briefly, then sent Ji Yuan a private message anyway.
"I heard it had something to do with Liancheng Mountain. So if you have nothing urgent to do for a while, Junior Brother, you'd best not go out."
If it had to do with Liancheng Mountain, didn't that make him my scapegoat?
Ji Yuan's heart stirred. He hurriedly said, "Come on. I'll go with you, Senior Sister. Let's see how Senior Brother Liu is first."
"All right."
Soft Hands glanced down at Ji Yuan's Flying Boat.
Ji Yuan explained awkwardly, "I got into a fight on this trip, and my Flying Boat was smashed. I can only make do with this for now."
"Get on mine. I'm faster."
"All right."
Ji Yuan leaped onto Soft Hands' flying sword and put away his Scarlet Firmament Boat.
They had already reached Cloud-Rain Marsh, but the Water Dragon Sect was still some distance away. If they took Ji Yuan's Scarlet Firmament Boat and rocked along at its leisurely pace, it would take several days to get there.
Riding Soft Hands' flying sword, they reached Liu Yuan's island in just half a day.
Ji Yuan had visited before, so the place was familiar to him.
Soft Hands' flying sword landed right outside Liu Yuan's Cave Abode. Perhaps because several days had passed, Liu Yuan could now sit up on