On the surface.
Ye Changqing, Wen Xingtian, and the others arrived like a whirlwind and made contact with a teacher stationed outside specifically to relay information.
"Where's Zuo Xiaoduo?"
"He's already entered the Star Radiance Mountain Range. Judging by the current situation, there's a very good chance he's gone deep into Star Beast Forest!"
"Oh... there hasn't been any commotion for now, has there?"
"No."
"Who followed him?"
"Teacher Zhan and the others all entered the Star Beast Forest area after intercepting and killing a wave of outsiders, but we can't be certain whether they've met up with Zuo Xiaoduo yet..."
"I understand."
Without hesitation, Ye Changqing drew a deep breath and led his team deep into Star Beast Forest, trying to contact Grandma Shi and locate her as he went.
At that moment, Ye Changqing still felt quite certain, his bearing calm and composed.
At least for the time being, nothing had happened to Zuo Xiaoduo.
The most direct reason was that Yu Jiaren was with him.
With Yu Jiaren's cultivation and strength, even if she could not defeat the opposition, taking Zuo Xiaoduo away and holding out in a desperate last stand for a while would be no great difficulty.
If Yu Jiaren fought someone, the moment Shi Yunfeng's Golden Sword appeared, it would cause such a commotion that the teacher relaying information outside could not possibly miss it.
Since there was no commotion now, that meant Zuo Xiaoduo was still safe.
Ye Changqing had absolutely no idea that, because Zuo Xiaoduo had decisively used the Heavenly Origin Evasion Technique, he had already lost contact with Grandma Shi and left the range of her protection.
Had Ye Changqing known this, he might well have gone mad on the spot. Any calm and composure would have vanished without