"Mortals' kingdoms?"
Ji Yuan asked in return.
He knew that throughout many parts of Shangdong, there were in fact kingdoms established by mortals, but such places were generally lands where spiritual energy was thin.
Cultivators were often unwilling to go there.
Moreover, staying in such places for too long made it easy to become tainted by too many chaotic auras, making further progress in cultivation as difficult as climbing to the heavens.
So although the Orthodox-Demonic War had been fought viciously this time, it actually had little effect on those mortals' kingdoms.
Among those Ji Yuan knew of were the mortals' kingdom where Feng Zhitáo had been born, and the mortals' kingdom where Icefire Old Man had previously resided. Both were still doing fairly well.
Ordinary cultivators would not set foot there.
Yet now, Du Wanyi, a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator, had said that she intended to remain in a mortals' kingdom forever.
What did that mean?
It meant that she had basically given up on the great Dao of cultivation and was prepared to... wait for death in that mortals' kingdom.
How could this be?
Ji Yuan remembered that back when they were still in Zengtou City, Du Wanyi's heart toward the Dao had been exceedingly steadfast. Even after she joined the Water Dragon Sect, it had remained so.
That was why she had risked death to venture into the Nine Nether Grotto-Heaven.
But how had she become like this now?
"Yes. It's in a mortals' kingdom southeast of our Water Dragon Sect, called the Creek Kingdom. She is in Clear Autumn City within the Creek Kingdom."
Orchid Island Master revealed Du Wanyi's hiding place in one breath.
"Alright. I'll remember this."
As he spoke, Ji Yuan rose to his feet and solemnly bowed to Orchid Island Master.