"Wake up, Junior Brother Mo."
Qi Heng patted Mo Yun on the shoulder. Seeing no response, he slowly exhaled a stale breath.
Still uneasy, he extended his perception again, checking Mo Yun's aura over and over.
"He really is asleep. Even the true essence inside him has gone dormant..."
"Heh, after drinking my Immortal’s Fall, there's no way he'll wake up before the sun is high tomorrow!"
As he looked at the sleeping Mo Yun, the honest, simple expression vanished from Qi Heng's face, replaced by viciousness.
"Should I... kill him right now?"
After hesitating for a long while, Qi Heng ultimately gave up.
"Someone so young at peak transforming force must be a prodigy secretly nurtured by the sect. Even asleep, he might have some life-saving means. I can't act rashly..."
Taking a deep breath, Qi Heng settled down to wait patiently.
A moment later, a nightingale's call rang out.
Qi Heng's eyes lit up at the sound, and he hurriedly imitated the nightingale's call.
Soon afterward, a shapely figure in a bright red dress slipped over without a sound.
Had Mo Yun opened his eyes, he would have recognized her as his new neighbor, Chu Qian.
She was also the familiar face he had spotted at the entrance to Purple Gold Mountain.
"Junior Sister Chu, you're finally here! I've been waiting ages!" At the sight of Chu Qian, a somewhat exaggerated look of delight bloomed across Qi Heng's face.
"Cut the nonsense. We don't have much time. We need to hurry to the summit!" Chu Qian said coldly. "Purple Gold Mountain's array has been temporarily disabled. It'll take them roughly fifteen minutes to notice."
"All right! I'll follow your lead, Junior Sister Chu!" Qi Heng said hurriedly.
"Who is this?" Chu Qian suddenly noticed the figure slumped inside