...My ass.
"So what if I have no manners? The paper's in my hands. Am I not even allowed to read what's written on it?"
After parting ways with Xiang Baiwei, Chen Yu took out the sheet of paper.
He unfolded it and looked.
It read:
[Elder Wang, slay guard turbid beg my world Xiao shall clear change aid bright.]
?
What the hell was this?
Chen Yu stared at it, baffled.
Was this Chinese?
He clearly recognized every character, but arranged together, they made absolutely no sense.
"Fine." Chen Yu folded the note and tucked it back into his pocket. "Looks like the White Lotus Sect has its own written language. Makes sense. If they're infiltrating the Dao Sect, they ought to have some kind of code."
Black mist spread all around him.
Chen Yu had long since grown accustomed to this environment.
He took out the Jade Pendant.
Chen Yu hesitated for a moment.
Xiao Lei has already tested me. She probably won't attack me again anytime soon. After all, she needs me to find three miasma-crossing flowers.
With that thought, he injected a strand of true qi into it.
Chen Yu said, "Senior Sister Xiao, are you on the Flying Boat? Could you point me in the right direction?"
Soon after he spoke,
a voice came back through the Communication Jade Pendant. "Have you found three miasma-crossing flowers?"
"No," Chen Yu answered. "I'm planning to return to the Flying Boat to get my bearings again. I also want to see if I can ask the Elder in Charge of Miscellaneous Affairs to take me out to catch some more bait."
"Oh."
Senior Sister Xiao's voice was calm through the Jade Pendant.
"A disciple is calling for help. I can only point you in the right direction once."