The Spatial Passage Heartguard had opened with a touch quickly stabilized.
That feeling... was a little familiar.
Black Mountain and Red Wind stared at each other, their eyes frozen, because this felt remarkably like the passage Hui Ming had opened earlier.
Only the passage before them was clearly more stable, unlike the Ancestral Court's, which had seemed on the verge of collapse.
The fur on Red Wind's tail had already puffed up into a feather duster.
Wait, brother? Where exactly is your home?!
Even Red Bean flew up from Si Chen's shoulder, circled the portal twice, and gave a puzzled "chirp-chirp."
Heartguard turned sideways, directing her delicately beautiful face toward the two demons, and spoke at just the right moment:
"Since you two are friends of the young master, you are naturally guests of the Si Household as well. You may come along."
Her words were courteous, and her tone was gentle,
but paired with her unfathomable aura, those words automatically translated themselves in Black Mountain's and Red Wind's ears as...
-"Come with me if you don't want to die."
They did not know whether artifact spirits had cultivation realms or anything of the sort, but the woman before them was clearly even more frightening than that Spirit Transformation Stage Taotie from earlier.
Black Mountain swallowed and quietly nudged Red Wind beside him with an elbow:
"Old Cat... does this count as... meeting the family?"
Red Wind was already tense. That nudge startled him so badly he nearly jumped, and he swung a hand back to smack Black Mountain on the back of the head. "Meet your bear head! Shut up!"
Heartguard looked over.
The two demons instantly stood straight, their expressions solemn, looking for all the world as though they were saying, "We're very well behaved."
Si Chen ignored