A Lantern Across Mountains and Seas
Chapter 219

Something was wrong here

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The message contained just one sentence: Where are you?

Shi Chun raised his brows, figuring the plan had already begun and something had already happened to Bian Weikang.

When he had previously asked her for a Mother-Child Talisman to make contacting her easier, he could hardly have told her that something was going to happen to Bian Weikang. He had no idea what exactly was going on between her and Xia Fuli, much less whether this elder had any secret dealings with the Demonic Path. Thus, he could say nothing and do nothing beyond asking for half a Mother-Child Talisman.

The fact that she could message him now meant some of the things he had worried about were not an issue.

He glanced past Wu Jinliang's shoulder at Xiang Lan'er and Feng Chi up ahead, then discreetly channeled his power into his hand and replied: I've left the mountain.

Wu Jinliang looked back and immediately cooperated.

Yin Huixin: When are you coming back?

Both sides were probing each other with their questions and answers.

Shi Chun thought for a moment and replied: I don't know.

Was that something a disciple would say to an elder? Did that sound like someone who intended to return? Those few words alone already indicated a connection to Xia Fuli's departure.

Yin Huixin's fierce response came immediately: Where did Xia Fuli take Bian Weikang?

Shi Chun played dumb: Elder Xia took Bian away?

Yin Huixin: He left Mount Wukang, and so did you. Don't you dare tell me it's another coincidence. Don't tell me you know nothing.

Shi Chun considered the message that "Nightingale" had just sent and quickly replied: I know something about his affairs. In a sense, we're working together, but in another sense, we aren't. We're neither enemies nor friends, but my

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