"Did you get my permission?"
At those words, the demon and the two humans, who had been about to leave, froze on the spot. They turned toward the voice in disbelief, clearly never having expected a human to show up at this moment.
In an instant, Chu Qian recognized that familiar figure by the moonlight and sensed the fluctuations of his aura.
"M-Mo... Mo Yun?" Chu Qian kept rubbing her eyes, her face full of astonishment, wondering whether she was seeing things.
How could Mo Yun be here?!
"The person in that tree hollow earlier... really was Mo Yun?!" Chu Qian finally understood. "When did his cultivation reach peak transforming force?!"
Meanwhile, Qi Heng exclaimed in astonishment, "You weren't poisoned? You were pretending before? You actually deceived me?!"
Mo Yun: "..."
Listen to yourself. Is that even something a human would say?
Once his surprise subsided, Qi Heng exhaled heavily and stared at Mo Yun with a gloomy expression. "If you know what's good for you, leave at once and pretend you never saw us."
Chu Qian sighed as well. "Hurry up and leave, Mo Yun. This isn't something an outer sect disciple like you can get involved in. For the sake of our acquaintance, I can take it upon myself to spare your life."
Although she had no idea why Mo Yun's cultivation had advanced so quickly, someone merely at transforming force obviously stood no chance against them.
After all, she and Qi Heng were both at peak transforming force and had formed false cores, while their young master had already broken through to the fourth tier.
"Leave at once!"
With that, the two stopped paying attention to Mo Yun and prepared to continue flying out through the sect gates with the Striped Tiger.
Yet the Striped Tiger remained