"It's Fellow Daoist Li... and Senior Chongyangzi!"
Donglin Tingyue said in delighted surprise.
In her excitement, she was about to rise, only for Jia Fugui to raise a hand and stop her.
"Fellow Daoist Donglin, wait. We still need to confirm whether those two really are them."
Donglin Tingyue froze for a moment, then realized that she might have been too happy. At such a moment, she had actually lost the vigilance she should have had.
Li Yan had been out of their sight for quite some time. It was possible that after going up, he had already been discovered.
After Soul Searching him, the others would have learned that the two of them were still alive. Though they might know the pair could be hiding at the stern, they would also suspect that they had changed locations.
Moreover, her concealment artifact was rather good. Searching for them would still be quite troublesome.
Thus, after learning from Li Yan's memories that they trusted him relatively well, as well as the information about Chongyangzi of the Pure Yang Hall, the others might deliberately transform into Li Yan and Chongyangzi in order to find them easily.
But looking at the situation before them, even Jia Fugui felt that this guess was overly cautious. Still, they had escaped death time and again. He did not want to throw away his life at this juncture because of a moment's carelessness.
As he spoke, he looked toward Donglin Tingyue. She promptly calmed down as well.
She herself had not realized why, at the very instant she saw Li Yan, she had lost the composure she usually possessed despite always being so calm.
Once she had settled herself, she flipped her hand, and the jade slip Li Yan had left behind immediately appeared in her palm.