The crowd gradually dispersed. Those on the Lunar Yin side began heading north, while those on the Sun side headed south.
Before leaving, Su Jiu glanced behind a tree not far from Gu Ningyun, a faint look of puzzlement crossing her face.
Only after Su Jiu, Gu Ningyun, and the others had gone far away did the person behind the tree slowly reveal himself. It was none other than Si Que, who had been secretly protecting Gu Ningyun all along.
Si Que stood there thoughtfully for a while, studying the direction Su Jiu had taken. Soon, however, he withdrew his gaze and followed Gu Ningyun's group.
Perhaps because the Secret Realm itself was so strange, their journey was destined to be anything but peaceful.
In theory, as long as the cultivators did not fight among themselves, those on the Yang Extremity side should have had no problems. But Su Jiu had ultimately underestimated these cultivators' talent for stirring up trouble.
There was no other reason for it: they had encountered a person of legendary notoriety, Zhu Jie.
It had to be said that this young woman was quite an oddity. She harbored no particularly malicious intentions; she simply clung tightly to Si Lin and treated every woman who spoke to him as an enemy.
By now, the female cultivators in their group who had initially felt some affection for Si Lin had all begun keeping their distance from him.
Although Si Lin was something of a fickle playboy, he did not have an appetite for every flavor.
Among those he could not stomach was Zhu Jie, who clung to him like a dogskin plaster.
What was more, her presence seriously interfered with his flirting, so his tone inevitably grew harsher whenever he spoke to her. He had never been a