"Finally, news!"
Several figures raced along the winding mountain road.
"What a nuisance! Why is this place in such disarray that we can't even use Magical Artifacts? Otherwise, we could have summoned a flying boat and arrived by now!"
The girl in the red jacket at their head was Xi Ran. Holding a Little White Pig in her arms, she said, "Little Pig, Little Pig, you'd better not send us on a wild-goose chase! If we all get trapped in there, you'll be sorry!"
The Little White Pig raised his head and grunted. "How could I be wrong? That Chen brat sent his thoughts over himself. He's gotten pretty formidable. How long has he been cultivating? He's almost caught up with me!"
Beside her, Chuiyunzi warned, "We still need to be careful. Those strange Images kept appearing in the sky earlier. Experts must have been fighting. We needn't gain anything from this trip. Keeping Junior Brother safe will be enough."
"Exactly. There are plenty of people with crooked intentions lurking around Junior Brother." Xi Ran glanced back as she spoke.
A man and a woman followed close behind.
Both looked deeply worried. At Xi Ran's words, the woman said, "The two who attacked us were strange beyond measure. They impersonated my senior brother and me, so they must be plotting something. The longer this drags on, the more likely something is to go wrong."
Xi Ran smiled. "Don't worry. Junior Brother noticed those two back when he contacted us through the Divine Statue. They won't get away with anything!"
"If he'd identified them, he should have seized them then. Why wait until now?" The man looked utterly baffled.
"The circumstances were unusual. Weren't they trapped in some Secret Realm a few days ago?" Chuiyunzi understood the situation well. "Now is