"Fellow Daoist Kunyu, have you heard of the Serene Nether Sea?"
Ji Yuan knew the Serene Nether Sea lay farther south of the Sea Ruins, but he had no idea exactly where.
"The Serene Nether Sea?"
True Person Kunyu, who had been about to descend to Serene Nether Island, stopped and instinctively surveyed the surrounding waters.
On second thought, though, if Ji Yuan was asking, he surely did not mean the sea before them.
"Brother Li, do you mean the Serene Nether Sea south of the Sea Ruins?"
"Exactly."
Ji Yuan nodded.
"I have heard of it, but I've never been there. Ah, I remember True Person Yuguang mentioning in passing that he seemed to have visited the Serene Nether Sea once."
True Person Kunyu's eyes lit up as she recalled it.
"True Person Yuguang?"
Ji Yuan repeated the name without thinking.
True Person Yuguang was another of Liu Yuan's good friends, a cultivator who had settled into seclusion with him on Serene Nether Island.
On the journey here, Ji Yuan had heard True Person Kunyu mention him several times.
All told, he ought to be a decent man. Otherwise, Liu Yuan would never have befriended him, much less cultivated alongside him on this island.
Lost in thought, Ji Yuan swooped straight toward Serene Nether Island, surrounded by sea on all sides.
"Come on. Let's go ashore first and talk there."
"Who's there?!"
Ji Yuan had barely followed True Person Kunyu onto Serene Nether Island when the three Core Formation Cultivators inside sensed him.
Three streaks of light immediately shot skyward, resolving into figures before him.
The man in the center wore green robes, carried a longsword on his back, and had a wine gourd hanging from his waist. He looked half drunk and half awake.
Who else could it