"Ah, Senior Sister Fu!" The moment Xiao Hua saw the Fu Family disciple, delight immediately appeared on his face. He cupped his hands and said, "I was just worrying over something. Does this road... lead to Chaotian Pavilion?"
That Fu Family disciple was none other than Fu Yuan!
"Chaotian Pavilion?" Fu Yuan was plainly startled as well. She asked curiously, "You've been at Jinhua Mountain for dozens of days already, yet you don't know which road leads to Chaotian Pavilion?"
"Senior Sister, please understand. Just now, I came out with Senior Brother Fu Min to practice talisman crafting. But we had only gone halfway when Senior Brother Fu received a message from an elder and left at once, throwing me back here alone. Senior Sister surely knows that I've always had no sense of direction. I kept walking and walking, then lost all sense of where I was!" Xiao Hua said helplessly.
"Tch~ How was I supposed to know you had no sense of direction?" Fu Yuan sneered. "Couldn't you simply fly into the air? You could find Chaotian Pavilion with your eyes!"
"How would I dare?" Xiao Hua argued. "I know there are many places in Jinhua Mountain where flying is forbidden. I finally obtained this chance to become a Fu Family talisman crafter, so I didn't dare make any mistakes. I could only lower my head and search on my own!"
"Alas, if only he were as honest as you..." Fu Yuan said resentfully, for no apparent reason.
Who? Fu Shan? That fellow... doesn't look like someone particularly bold either! Xiao Hua thought.
"Xiao Hua, Chaotian Pavilion is over there. Go ahead and fly there. This is my Fu Family forbidden area. Only those patrolling the mountain may come here. Anyone else who enters will, at best, be