Moyue transformed into human form and stood before Xu Chuan.
He looked over suspiciously.
"Why do I feel as though I've been set up?"
"You're imagining things!"
Xu Chuan smiled. "Since you've just come out of seclusion, would you like to take a look around my Xu Clan Cave-Heaven?"
"Can other living beings enter it now?"
"Of course."
"Then what are we waiting for? I've long wanted to see this mysterious cave-heaven."
Little Cold Crow spread his wings and flew down from the withering-and-blooming tree, landing on Xu Chuan's shoulder.
"Master, I, Little Cold, want to take a look inside too."
"Then let's all go."
Xu Chuan enveloped them in magic power. With a thought, he summoned a vortex.
They stepped inside.
The world spun around them.
When they emerged again, an entirely different world lay before them.
Moyue surveyed his surroundings curiously, then spread his spiritual consciousness, yet the boundaries remained far beyond his reach.
Little Cold Crow flew high into the sky to survey the land below.
"This cave-heaven of yours is quite large, isn't it?"
"Not bad. It currently spans a thousand li."
"That Medicine Garden..." Moyue sensed numerous rare spirit medicines, stirring an urge to devour them.
"I poured my heart and soul into that. Don't you dare ruin it."
"What sort of person do you take me for?"
"Trying to fool me? You aren't even a person—you're a flood dragon!"
"Hmph. I won't quibble with you. But the spiritual energy here is incredibly rich, even better than in your Withering-and-Blooming Courtyard."
Moyue gazed around, carefully sensing the concentration of spiritual energy in this space.
"This place isn't suitable for cultivation."
Xu Chuan discerned Moyue's intentions and spoke with a faint smile.
"Stingy bastard."
His intentions exposed, Moyue muttered a curse under his breath.
Xu Chuan