As Su Jiu listened to the person rambling on beside her, the doubt in her eyes only deepened.
Perhaps she really ought to return to the Azure Tide Sect and take a look.
Although she had already done everything she could six years ago, and this Azure Tide Sect had no necessary connection to the one she belonged to, they had, after all, been fellow disciples ten thousand years ago. If she truly ignored everything, refusing to listen or act, her conscience would inevitably trouble her.
The two female cultivators watched Su Jiu and her companions for a while before returning to their room.
After the door closed.
One of the female cultivators said, "Why did I feel as though those three were paying particular attention to us?"
The other shook her head with a laugh. "We aren't related, and we don't even know them. They merely saw what a sorry state we were in and gave us a few extra looks. Don't overthink it.
"Hurry up and regulate your breathing. Try to recover soon so we can return to the sect and report."
A trace of doubt flickered through the eyes of the woman who had spoken first. Was that really all it was?
The dull ache from her wounds finally interrupted her thoughts.
Before long, the room fell quiet again, with only two steady rhythms of breathing remaining.
After the two female cultivators returned to their room, Su Jiu and her companions did not linger at the inn either. Instead, they went out to inquire about the major events that had occurred in the city or the sects over the past six years.
As it turned out, aside from the Heavenly Dawn Sect and the Azure Tide Sect, aristocratic clans such as the Fang Family and the