Huang Xiao and his two companions stood on no ceremony and went onto the island with the Creation Sect disciple.
Along the way, the disciple also asked about Xuanyuan Xin.
Only then did Huang Xiao and the others learn that Xuanyuan Xin had yet to return.
That meant they had no way of knowing how Zuo Qiu Shu was doing, either.
After all, the two women had been traveling together at the time.
Naturally, Huang Xiao and the others could give the disciple no news of Xuanyuan Xin.
The disciple was somewhat disappointed, but there was nothing he could do.
Xuanyuan Xin had come from here, after all, so naturally they were concerned about her.
"Patriarch, do you think Senior Xuan Yuanxiang will see us right away?" Huang Xiao asked Huo Lian.
The three of them had already been settled in a residence, since no one on the island could guarantee whether Xuan Yuanxiang would emerge from seclusion.
In truth, the island's higher-ups attached considerable importance to their arrival. After all, the three of them were sure to bring plenty of news from the outside.
With Xuanyuan Xin yet to return, they could only get some news from Huang Xiao and his companions.
"He probably will." Huo Lian smiled.
"What if this senior happens to be at a critical stage of his seclusion? Who knows how long we'll have to wait?" Dugu Sheng said with some concern.
For old fellows who had lived so many years, spending several hundred or even a thousand years in seclusion was hardly unusual.
"If that's really the case, we'll just have to let the whole island know that their Ancestor is still alive. Would we still need to worry about Xuan Yuanxiang refusing to come out then?" Huo Lian laughed.
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