Senior Brother Chen and Senior Sister Ning walked ahead. Every so often, Senior Brother Chen looked back, his gaze sweeping over each of them, a smile full of hidden meaning on his lips.
Yan Keling had never seen Senior Brother Chen act so strangely.
Behind them, the Group Leader, Master Tongdeng, young Master Xuanzhen, and Senior Sister Wu were silent. They exchanged glances now and then, as if communicating in secret. Whenever Senior Brother Chen looked their way, they instinctively avoided his gaze.
When had any of them ever acted like this?
The Group Leader carried himself with distinction and was an heir of the Royal Family. Master Tongdeng was a monk, open and aboveboard. Young Master Xuanzhen was easygoing and unruffled, always in good spirits...
And Senior Sister Wu was something else entirely. A metal mask covered her whole face. No one could even see her eyes, so why would she be afraid of being watched?
Yan Keling's heart grew heavier.
Senior Sister Grandma walked at the rear...
She followed the others like a machine, her expression vacant. Every so often, she stumbled and nearly fell.
When had Senior Sister Grandma ever acted like this?
When Yan Keling first met her, she had already been at the Fifth Tier. She had heard that Senior Sister Grandma reached the middle-to-late Eighth Tier some time ago. After cultivating for more than ten days on the Southern Continent, with the benefits of two kinds of Divine Power complementing each other within her, she was probably at the late Eighth Tier by now.
At the late Eighth Tier, yet she could barely walk?
Yan Keling glanced at Jiang Lai and adjusted the Spirit Power Voice Technique. The Spirit Power that had spread outward like sound waves became a directed transmission, forming the crudest