Ever since Yun Huanling had parted ways with Su Jiu at the Heavenly Dawn Sect, he had been looking forward to seeing her again.
He had thought he could finally set off on another journey alone with Su Jiu. Instead, his master had insisted on saddling him with Lan Fang Ziyi.
The excuse, of course, was that he was unreliable. With a senior brother keeping an eye on him, he would at least stand a better chance of keeping his little life.
Faced with that excuse, Yun Huanling had merely given Hongguang a mocking smile and a "Heh."
Did his master really have no idea who he had inherited that unreliability from?
Still, Yun Huanling could tolerate it if it was only Lan Fang Ziyi. Though he had resisted in every possible way at first, his senior and junior brothers had bombarded him until he finally compromised.
Little did he know that all of this had been part of Hongguang's calculations from the start. Who could understand Yun Huanling better than his own master?
Indeed, Hongguang had worked out exactly where Yun Huanling drew the line, and sending Lan Fang Ziyi to watch him had pushed right up against it.
If he had sent too many Heavenly Secret Sect disciples along, the brat would probably have slipped away on his own in the night again.
And by now, Yun Huanling's methods of sneaking away were nothing like the clumsy tricks he had used in the past.
Even Hongguang could no longer be completely certain he would catch him.
That was why there had been all this back-and-forth.
And so, Yun Huanling and Lan Fang Ziyi had set off for Xi He City together.
The day before reaching Xi He City, Yun Huanling received a Message Talisman from Su Jiu.
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