The reason Su Jiu had been able to wait until Yun Huanling arrived was actually Ning Fan's injuries, along with those of the four disciples.
After everything had ended, they had not immediately set out for the Demon-Subduing Land, because the internal injuries Ning Fan and the four disciples had sustained were far from minor.
Had it been Su Jiu, a day of recuperation might have been enough, but these people did not possess her powers of recovery. Thus, the delay had lasted three days.
Ning Fan was the first to wake, and as soon as he did, he saw the two new additions to their group: Yun Huanling and the Buddha Child.
As usual, he pulled on his hood to conceal his differently colored eyes, then nodded to the two of them in greeting.
"Why are they here?" Ning Fan asked Su Jiu through voice transmission.
Su Jiu explained why the two of them were there.
After listening, Ning Fan frowned slightly. "So both Yun Huanling and the Buddha Child came after you?"
Clearly, Ning Fan did not believe these two had come simply to follow Su Jiu. Still, considering that they were both her friends and harbored no ill intent, he said nothing more.
In truth, Ning Fan was not the only one with suspicions. Su Jiu also had her doubts. Of course, those doubts were not directed at Yun Huanling, but at the other eminent monk from the Zen Sound Temple-the Buddha Child.
The Buddha Child was exceedingly quick to treat others as old friends, but upon closer consideration, the friendship between them was hardly deep.
It was also difficult to distinguish how much of the compassion remaining in his heart was genuine. Regardless, however, the good deeds he had done were undeniably real.
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