Chapter 585: Deceived the Grand Mystery Realm

About half an hour later, the Xiang Jianzong Hall.

Ning Wanyin and Ming Yu walked out from within, their expressions somewhat complicated.

Especially Ming Yu, who looked rather dazed all over.

The news of the Abyss, the choice the Xiang Jianzong senior had given them, the 'Ascension Plan' that had long since begun, and her own inexplicably becoming a deployment envoy of the Immortal Net…

All of these things kept tangling together in her heart, making her feel as if her mind was a complete mess.

"Why don't you come back to Ling Yin Fang with me right now?"

Sister Wan Zhu's voice suddenly rang out beside her ear, pulling her back from her daze.

"The Immortal Net personal node interface Master gave you is anchored to the central hub of Ling Yin Fang's Ascension Platform. You haven't had any contact with it before, so you can head over first and spend some time getting used to it."

Go to Ling Yin Fang?

Perhaps it was because she had just learned too many things all at once, her thoughts were sluggish, and she stared blankly for a while before shaking her head in refusal.

"I came back in too much of a rush this time. There are still some matters over at the Orthodox Alliance I need to handle."

She had rushed back in too much of a hurry this time, and in many places she had only given cursory instructions before letting things be.

Now that things here had reached a certain conclusion, of course she had to return to the Orthodox Alliance first and arrange everything properly.

Afterward, silence fell between the two once more.

Just like that, they walked down the mountain without a word, each with their own thoughts.

All the way to the halfway point of the mountain.

"Ye Shijie, aren't you the Hall Master of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall? Shouldn't you be very busy? How come you're so free?"

"I'm only the acting hall master, and today Master has something she needs me to handle. Of course I have to put Master's matters first."

"Pfft~ I bet you're just using Martial Uncle as an excuse to slack off."

Two completely different voices drifted up from the clouds and mist below.

Ning Wanyin and Ming Yu both paused at once, stopping to look down the stone steps.

They saw two figures emerge from the hazy fog, bickering as they walked upward.

"Once I become Sect Master, I definitely won't be like you…"

Chi Jiuyu was about to speak of her grand ambitions after becoming Sect Master, but caught sight of the two people standing on the stone steps above out of the corner of her eye.

She was immediately stunned!

"Ye Shijie Ning, Ye Shijie Ming?"

Chi Jiuyu was very surprised.

When she had gone to Ling Yin Fang with Martial Uncle a few years ago, she had already met the two of them, so naturally they weren't strangers.

Ming Yu: "……"

Actually, her surname wasn't Ming; her name was simply 'Ming Yu'.

"Greetings, Ye Shijie Li." Ning Wanyin first exchanged a courtesy with Li Ke.

Li Ke gave a slight nod and didn't say much more.

Although she was on quite good terms with Ming Yu, among Elder Lingzu senior's disciples, she was only relatively close with Ning Wanyin.

Then, Ning Wanyin smiled and looked at Chi Jiuyu:

"Long time no see, Junior Sister Jiuyu."

"Mm-mm! Long time no see!" Chi Jiuyu nodded, then swept a glance at the two of them and asked curiously, "You and Ye Shijie Ming coming here—could it be because of the matter of the Holy Sovereign Abyss?"

One from Ling Yin Fang, one from the Orthodox Alliance.

Would they come to the Xiang Jianzong for no reason?

Arriving here together on the same day, and adding in the two's 'shared attribute'…

Then without a doubt!

It could only be the matter of the Holy Sovereign Abyss!

Ning Wanyin shook her head slightly: "As for the specifics, it's not convenient for me to say. These things…"

"Are not something I should know!" Chi Jiuyu cut in with the answer directly, then added a complaint, "I knew that line was coming."

Because she had heard it too many times, her 'Supreme Wisdom' had already immunized her against the sense of frustration that came with hearing that line.

"Fine then! I won't ask anymore." She scratched her head, then asked, "Are you two about to leave?"

"Mm, the matter has reached a conclusion, so of course we have to head back and handle things as soon as possible." Ning Wanyin explained, "I heard Junior Sister Jiuyu went to the Supreme Dao Sect to study talisman swords. It seems your progress should be quite good."

"Of course! I…"

Chi Jiuyu was just about to show off a little.

But then she recalled how she had just tried to act cool only to be coldly mocked by her senior sister, so she simply shut her mouth.

Afterward, Li Ke also avoided Chi Jiuyu and exchanged a few brief words with Ning Wanyin and Ming Yu.

After learning of the two's choices, she didn't say much more either.

The two parties parted ways there.

……

……

Ning Wanyin and Ming Yu continued down the stone steps.

Li Ke, meanwhile, took Chi Jiuyu and continued on toward the Xiang Jianzong Hall at the mountain top.

Actually, Chi Jiuyu was extremely curious about what the three had just discussed. After all, Ye Shijie Ning and Ye Shijie Ming's expressions kept changing—they might as well have written the words 'complicated feelings' across their faces.

However, because she knew clearly that even if she asked, the answer she got would only be that one line.

So she simply didn't ask, and instead speculated on her own.

"Ye Shijie, Ye Shijie Ning and Ye Shijie Ming coming to our Xiang Jianzong should be because of the Holy Sovereign Abyss matter." She tilted her head to look at Li Ke. "Do you think it might be related to the 'Ascension' matter?"

As a member of the third batch of ascension envoys, she was to head to a world beyond the boundary to carry out a mission.

Yet the Holy Sovereign Yuan had suddenly vanished over fifty years ago, and the Orthodox Alliance had searched the entire world without finding him.

Looking at it this way, it was very likely that he had also left the present world.

Because of the appearance of "Ascension," her martial uncle had found traces of him, so she had specifically called Senior Sisters Ning and Ming over.

Mm!

The deduction is very reasonable!

No problem with it!

Li Ke: "..."

To be fair, that damned Yu really is sharp enough.

Before long, the two of them reached the mountaintop.

They entered the interior of the Xiang Jianzong's great hall.

At the entrance of the dao arena, Chi Jiuyu poked out half her head, preparing to observe the situation first.

However, after she saw clearly everything inside—

Especially upon seeing that figure of matchless elegance and bearing that had left a deep impression on her…

Hmm?!

Why is Senior Mei Zu also here!

And a video call from Senior Elder Lingzu!

Wait!

Isn't Senior Xiang Yuanjun also here!

She looked around in every direction, searching.

Seeing her sneaking peeks, Mei Zu found it quite amusing and, meeting her gaze, gave her a wink.

Sword尊's disciple really is fun!

In the end, it was Li Ke who couldn't stand it any longer and gave her a kick, sending her stumbling into the dao arena.

"You!"

Chi Jiuyu staggered, turned her head, and glared furiously.

Yet Li Ke didn't care at all, just standing at the entrance of the dao arena.

Chi Jiuyu had no choice either; she turned back, looked at Bie Xuening, gave a sheepish smile, immediately stood up straight, and with a solemn face performed a proper salute.

"This disciple greets Master, Martial Uncle, Senior Elder Lingzu, and Senior Mei Zu."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Mei Zu's voice reached her ear.

"Emm… why am I ranked last?"

Chi Jiuyu was taken aback, then answered very honestly:

"Reporting to Senior, I ranked them according to closeness."

Master and Martial Uncle need not be said—of course they had to be placed first.

As for Senior Elder Lingzu, she had also been very good to her, not only gifting her a branch of the Mysterious Candle Fruit Tree, but also personally cooking fish for her…

As for Senior Mei Zu…

Hadn't she only met her once?

"You really are quite honest," Mei Zu said with a smile.

"Naturally." Chi Jiuyu nodded in considerable agreement.

She was an honest Yu, and of course didn't tell lies.

Bie Xuening's expression was calm and indifferent; the corner of Xu Xing's eye twitched; Mei Zu, however, found it even more amusing.

Ning Ruoque within the light screen merely shook her head with a light laugh:

"Since everything has already been arranged, I'll hang up first."

No sooner had her words fallen than the light screen projected in midair vanished into thin air.

Arranged?