"Jiqing..."
Chu Mo fell silent for a moment, offering no immediate reply. Si Yun, on the other end of the Jade Talisman, was equally patient and waited quietly.
Only after several breaths did Chu Mo say, "So that's what happened. Then I must thank Senior Brother Jiqing for his kind intentions."
There was no discernible change in his tone. "But why have you gone out of your way to tell me this, Fellow Daoist Si Yun?"
A soft chuckle came from the other end of the Jade Talisman. "Brother Chu, why ask when you already know? Some things are better known than unknown."
"Is that so?" Chu Mo did not pursue the subject, instead posing another question. "There is something I'm curious about. Did this Senior Brother Jiqing know about the upheaval in the Turbid Abyss beforehand? After all, he's only at the peak of Golden Core."
The peak of Golden Core was certainly not weak. But how could someone at that level foresee an event involving the arrangements of several sects and the schemes of higher cultivators?
Chu Mo's gaze darkened slightly, then returned to its usual calm. "It really makes no difference."
Whether he had known or not, Jiqing had already done it.
"Heh."
Si Yun chuckled, wholly unsurprised by Chu Mo's response. He had known this fellow sect member was certainly not one to swallow a loss. "Brother Chu, I'm afraid the two of us will need to act as soon as possible."
With those words, he quite naturally placed himself and Chu Mo in the same camp.
"Why?"
Chu Mo asked, "Hasn't Senior Brother Jiqing been cultivating in seclusion on the Immortal Garden Inner Peak all this time, not daring... not wishing to take a single step outside?"
Si Yun spoke calmly. "That was indeed the