Duan Dongqing happened to come over just then.
Hearing their conversation, her expression stiffened. "You're not talking about him, are you?"
Mo Tianji was clearly delighted to see his fellow disciple.
"Junior Sister Duan? You're still alive?"
Duan Dongqing rolled her eyes. "Ah, Senior Brother Mo, why did you come back if you haven't found a teleportation array?"
"Several thousand people from our Cloud Ink Sect are still waiting for you to bring them in."
Mo Tianji gave a bitter smile. "I had no choice, Junior Sister."
"The Jade Great Radiance Church and the royal family's female cultivators have been fighting for a long time."
"They've already divided up the southern lands between them. In most places, we'd be spotted all too easily."
"I was late coming back this time because the journey was perilous, too. I barely escaped with my life."
The two were accustomed to bickering. Rather than letting it escalate, they exchanged relieved smiles.
But Duan Dongqing immediately grew twitchy. "Were you talking about Duan Jihong just now?
"If you want to find him, go yourselves. Whatever you do, don't make me look for him!"
"I can't stand him!"
Lin Ke looked puzzled. "Who is Duan Jihong?"
Mo Tianji spread his hands. "Duan Jihong is the rogue cultivator versed in miscellaneous disciplines I mentioned."
"He's Junior Sister Duan Dongqing's uncle."
Lin Ke immediately clapped his hands. "That's great! Wouldn't that make him easier to talk to?"
"As long as we repair the Teleportation Array, our sect can establish a foothold in this Cloud Dragon Secret Realm."
Mo Tianji raised his eyebrows. "That depends on what Junior Sister Duan wants."
"She really can't stand him."
"That's because he's so old and still doesn't behave himself! I... ah, well, perhaps not."
Duan Dongqing lightly clenched her pearly teeth at