At that very moment, elsewhere.
Out on the sea, Xiao He and Idle-Fishing Boy stared at each other, their faces blank with bewilderment.
"Tr-True Person Ciyu?"
Idle-Fishing Boy waved its cat paws through the air.
Where had that whole True Person Ciyu gone? He had been right here just a moment ago!
How had he vanished in the blink of an eye?
It pulled the bronze compass from its bag and held it before its eyes, but the needle spun round and round, showing no sign of stopping.
Xiao He hovered in the air, staring down in a daze.
The mist over the sea was dispersing. Apart from that, there was nothing.
Her little face suddenly paled, and unease stirred in her heart.
Song Yan would never disappear and leave her behind without a word. Never.
Taking into account the demonic mist and oppressive presence that had suddenly appeared earlier, Xiao He had some guesses, and panic was already rising within her.
Yet she bit her lip and forced that panic down.
Whenever Yanyan encountered trouble, he always handled it well.
Then I could do it too!
She said to Idle-Fishing Boy, "Kitten Boy, let's go to Chivalrous Heroes Island and take a look first!"
Xiao He gazed at the gray horizon to the east. "Maybe Yanyan has already gone back there."
Idle-Fishing Boy stared at her for a moment, its eyes blinking beneath the cat mask.
Then it tucked the bronze compass into its clothes and nodded. "All right."
Two streaks of light swept side by side toward Chivalrous Heroes Island.
Neither spoke along the way.
A Yan must have been taken by Elder Mirage-
She could almost give that answer with certainty.
But she knew panic and impulsiveness were useless. If that truly was the case, then she