On the departing Su Family immortal vessel, the atmosphere was utterly different from that of Pine Mountain.
The oppressive, gloomy air left all the accompanying Su Family cultivators afraid to utter a single word. They could only remain quietly seated in meditation within their own cave abodes, cultivating.
Su Jichuan and Su Lingyun sat facing each other inside the cave abode on the immortal vessel's highest level, neither saying a word.
Before setting out, no one had imagined that this journey would ultimately end with them leaving in such a bedraggled and disgraceful state.
After a long silence, Su Lingyun looked at the sorrowful Su Jichuan and said, "Uncle Jichuan, once we return, I will personally explain this matter to the Patriarch. You need not worry over it. After all, a True Person came in person—something no one could have foreseen."
Su Lingyun held a special status within the Su Family of Jingyun Peak. With those words from him, Su Jichuan would be spared most of the punishment upon returning.
"Alas... thank you, Lingyun. I have to trouble you again."
"We are family. There is no need to be so polite."
As Su Lingyun spoke, his gaze passed through the Formation Array toward the outside world, an inscrutable look brewing in his eyes.
In truth, aside from suppressing the Yang Family, he had another personal objective in coming here.
At the previous Gathering of Heroes Banquet hosted by Talisman Mountain, Old Qin had gone alone. Yet he had suffered a public mental breakdown and been afflicted with madness.
As a trusted subordinate Su Lingyun had personally groomed, there was no way he could simply stand aside and do nothing.
After the Su Family brought him back, it was only following a long period of treatment that Qin Qiongyu's condition showed