As soon as Su Jiu and Xia Jue emerged, they saw Chu Mojin staring at them with profound reproach.
By then, the sky had gone completely dark. With the overcast weather, the moon and stars were all hidden behind dark clouds. Only the endless gale howled outside the door.
Facing Chu Mojin, whose resentment was practically spilling over, Su Jiu bowed rather stiffly. "Master, sorry for the wait."
"So you do remember that I've been waiting for you? I thought you'd long since forgotten me..."
Su Jiu rubbed her nose. Somehow, she detected a decidedly sarcastic undertone.
Then Chu Mojin's gaze fell on Xia Jue. "Speaking of which, didn't Ning Hai send you to investigate Zheng Qilong's whereabouts?"
That familiar, polite smile returned to Xia Jue's face. "I've already sent the other Enforcement Hall disciples ahead to investigate the clues. Once I've more or less finished dealing with matters at Endless Peak, I'll follow them."
Chu Mojin nodded. "Have you found a solution?"
Su Jiu remembered that she still seemed not to have told her master about the Linnan Region, and a headache began to brew. If she told him now, his sarcasm would probably only get worse. After all, even Xia Jue had learned about it before him, while she had somehow forgotten to tell him...
As though he had noticed something, Xia Jue glanced at Su Jiu with a soft chuckle.
Chu Mojin frowned, feeling that these two were once again speaking in riddles around him.
"Is it something you can't discuss?"
Su Jiu shook her head. "There's nothing we can't discuss..."
Chu Mojin's brows knitted even tighter.
As the three flew toward Endless Peak on their swords, Su Jiu briefly explained the events in the Linnan Region from beginning to end. Shocked as he was, Chu Mojin