Hearing his explanation, Bai Yu looked as though he understood and readily agreed. "I see. Fellow Daoist Ming Fang's compassion is admirable. I have no objection. What do you think, Sister Lin Qiao?"
"Yes. If Buddhist rites can guide their lingering souls onward, so much the better. You two go ahead. Oh, and remember to send that man in from outside."
After a moment's thought, Lin Qiao also found the proposal reasonable and agreed.
"Thank you for understanding, Fellow Daoist Bai. After you."
"After you."
With that, Ming Fang and Bai Yu left the cave abode together to deal with the demonic cultivators' remains.
Watching their retreating backs, Lin Qiao felt a tangle of thoughts she could neither name nor untangle. But however much she turned it over, she could not work out what was wrong, so she stopped dwelling on it.
After all, from the moment they first met, she and Ming Fang had both been wary of Bai Yu.
She had simply spent more time with Bai Yu during their later efforts, which had eased her guard. Ming Fang, meanwhile, had been working alongside Xu Zheng, so it was only natural that he remained somewhat wary of Bai Yu.
"Senior Lin! I'm here. Did you have any further instructions for me?"
After Ming Fang and Bai Yu passed along the message, the Great Wind Plateau cultivator under the Ascendant Will's control entered the cave abode with a broad smile.
As he saw it, Lin Qiao summoning him at this point could only be a good thing.
The Demonic Calamity had been cleared, and progress on the puzzles and trials of the Five Directions Secret Realm was steady. Before long, they would be able to open the final Land of Supreme Treasures.
So Lin Qiao could only have called