Each Harboring Schemes

Ning Xuxuan personally led Gu Yuanqing to a small courtyard.

The courtyard was tranquil and elegant, complete with pavilions and towers. Spiritual energy overflowed within it, and every facility needed for cultivation was fully provided. It was surely one of the finest courtyards on Immeasurable Mountain.

Before long, Lu Zeyu hurried over.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Gu Yuanqing, Ning Xuxuan took his leave.

When the two met again, each carried very different feelings.

Gu Yuanqing was delighted to see an old acquaintance. Back at the Boundless River, they had gotten along quite well, and he could even be said to have received some favors from the Illusionary Spirit Sect. Before Lu Zeyu's tribulation, he had sent Gu Yuanqing a secret letter warning him to beware of the Primordial Divine Sect. Though the message had been limited by sect rules and what Lu Zeyu himself knew, and perhaps had contained a trace of selfish intent, Gu Yuanqing still had to acknowledge this goodwill.

Lu Zeyu, the former Illusionary Spirit Sect Master, felt entirely differently.

Back then, Gu Yuanqing had been no more than a junior in his eyes. The only reason he had been made a guest elder of the Illusionary Spirit Sect was because of his mastery of fishing techniques.

Now, Lu Zeyu had become a Yin-Yang Cultivator. As a disciple of the Illusionary Spirit Sect, he could sense the power of the Limitless Ruler day and night within Immeasurable Mountain, and he had guidance from his elders. Yet he still remained some distance from the Yin-Yang Void Breaking Realm.

Meanwhile, the other man had nearly reached the summit of the Exquisite World, becoming someone he could only look up to.

Such a disparity would leave anyone with complicated feelings.

"Fellow Daoist Lu!" Gu Yuanqing said with a