After giving Su Mianmian a few words of warning, Su Jiu left.
But the instant she turned away, Su Jiu's expression became grim.
Silver Snow followed Su Jiu out, and naturally, he saw the change in her expression.
As they walked, Silver Snow asked, "Is there something wrong with that storybook?"
Su Jiu nodded. "Do you believe other worlds exist?" She still remembered how Yun Huanling had inadvertently told her about a divination performed by the Heavenly Secret Sect. Back then, Zheng Qilong had not yet become so inconspicuous, and Bai Su had still been active in the public eye...
Yun Huanling had told her that both divinations the Heavenly Secret Sect performed concerning them had yielded the same result: "Outsiders."
Silver Snow nodded thoughtfully. "Of course I do. Aren't all the secret realms hidden within our Azure Realm the best proof?"
Su Jiu shook her head. "It's different from those. That world has its own rules. The people there don't cultivate or concern themselves with spirit roots. They're all ordinary people who eat grains, rise to work with the sun, and rest when it sets..."
"Is that what the storybook describes?"
Su Jiu nodded. "The people in the storybook seem to rely more on something called technology. They don't use candlesticks or spirit pearls. They use something called lamps for lighting. Their flying magic treasures have strange shapes, too. They look like birds, yet they're made from various metals. In short, it really is extraordinary. No wonder Su Mianmian is fascinated by these things.
"Disciples whose hearts are still unsettled really can lose themselves in such a novel world."
"Then having these books circulating on the market is a bad thing, not a good one."
Su Jiu nodded. "If everyone becomes obsessed with the novel world in those storybooks,