Si Chen's words instantly drove away all of Luo Hongyi's sleepiness.
"Time tied itself into a knot?"
She sat upright on the couch. "What do you mean?"
Si Chen shook his head without explaining. "Someone has run into trouble."
Luo Hongyi's heart sank sharply, and several names flashed instinctively through her mind.
"Who?"
She grew nervous despite herself. "Fellow Daoist Xie? Fellow Daoist Zhou? Or..."
"I don't know yet."
Si Chen withdrew his gaze. "But we have to go there immediately."
His tone was calm, but Luo Hongyi heard the urgency within it.
Anything that made Si Chen say "go there immediately" was definitely no small matter.
Luo Hongyi threw off the thin blanket covering her legs and stepped barefoot onto the cold floor.
The last traces of languor and relaxation instantly vanished like smoke and clouds. "How long will it take?"
"At least two months."
Two months.
Judging by her experiences these past days, it would be no surprise if any of them fell into desperate straits in this unfamiliar Immortal Realm.
She took a deep breath, turned toward the other side of the cabin, and sat cross-legged.
Cultivate.
Now. Immediately.
Back in the Eastern Region of the Lower Realm, which of their group who had climbed onto the Azure Profound Ranking had not fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood?
If you were one step too slow, the opportunity was gone.
If you stopped for a day, your enemies caught up.
Now that they had reached the Immortal Realm, it was no different.
A companion was in danger.
And she... was merely at the void refining stage.
She could not hide behind Si Chen forever.
Once that thought arose, she could no longer suppress it.
Over the next few days, Luo Hongyi