Song Mengmeng and her group had eaten and drunk their fill, but the other Xuanmen disciples were still waiting at the airport for Master Dukong to land.

Hu Yue had originally planned to pick up Song Mengmeng at the airport, but Hu Da's intervention saved her the trouble and allowed her to come and have dinner with Song Mengmeng.

"I think quite well of your junior sister."

When the conversation turned to Luo Yueling, Yan Di, who had been helping Song Mengmeng cook the food, suddenly interrupted, making the atmosphere at the table instantly become somewhat strange.

"Her master should have made arrangements for her."

Although she didn't know why, Hu Yue's intuition told her that Yan Di's current optimism was not a good thing, at least not for Luo Yueling.

So almost subconsciously, Hu Yue avoided the topic.

Yan Di didn't press further, continuing to focus on preparing the food for Song Mengmeng. Just like his earlier remark, it really was just a casual remark.

"Are you really planning to go directly to the Zhao Group to break that Yin-gathering formation later?!" Hu Yue was actually quite confused at this moment.

The reason wasn't anything else, but rather the information that Song Mengmeng had Hu Da reveal to her—what Song Mengmeng said when she left that day wasn't actually meant to be aggressive, but was genuine.

They truly have no intention of cooperating with the Xuanmen again, but rather intend to rely on their own strength to resolve the catastrophic disaster that hangs over the heads of millions of people in Baiyue City.

This should have been a happy occasion, but Hu Yue couldn't feel happy at all.

This was originally a responsibility that the Xuanmen should have taken on, but what the Xuanmen is doing now is contrary to their original purpose when they joined the sect.

Cooperation between sects has become increasingly rare, with factional infighting becoming more prevalent. Everyone is engaged in constant open and covert struggles for the eight council seats in the Xuanmen Bureau. Even knowing that Master Dukong is coming today, Lin Songzi hasn't stopped his disruptive plans…

The purpose was to set a trap for the Qingcheng Mountain faction.

Did he ever consider the consequences if the design went wrong and the Yin-gathering formation was triggered prematurely...?

Yes, perhaps he never even considered the consequences.

In his eyes, these millions of lives might not be as important as the prestige of Maoshan overshadowing Qingchengshan!

If things really go wrong this time, Lin Songzi can take this opportunity to blame all the mistakes on the Qingcheng Mountain sect. Then, in the future, the Qingcheng Mountain sect, which has made such a big mistake, will naturally never have a chance to recover!

What a brilliant plan...

But is this something that someone from the Xuanmen sect should do?!

If one truly disregards the suffering of living beings to achieve their own goals, is this the justice that the Xuanmen (Taoist sect) has always championed?!

If that's the case, how is all of this any different from heretical practices?!

“Hmm.” Song Mengmeng nodded, not at all trying to avoid Hu Yue: “I think, given the current state of your Xuanmen, even if that highly respected Master Dukong you mentioned came later, he might not be able to suppress it!”

If that Master Dukong really had such prestige and strength, Lin Songzi wouldn't have jumped so high!

Song Mengmeng squinted at Hu Yue, who was clearly distracted despite the temptation of the food, and after a long while, she asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?!"

"It wasn't like this before! I remember when I was a child, there were things that were even more terrible and troublesome than this! But back then, no one in the Xuanmen would abandon the greater good for personal desires!"

In fact, to seal away the evil spirit that would bring calamity to the world, more than ten elders of the Xuanmen sect sacrificed themselves, dying for their cause and forging a seal that sealed away the evil spirit...

How could things have turned out like this?!

Hu Yue lowered her eyes. Although she didn't know why, she always felt that Song Mengmeng was someone who could listen to her and understand her feelings.

This feeling of immense peace made her subconsciously reveal her most vulnerable side without reservation.

"Mengmeng, I don't think it should be like this!"

“I also think it shouldn’t be like this.” Song Mengmeng nodded, agreeing with her opinion: “That’s why I feel that your future is a long and arduous journey!”

Changing one person's behavior is easy, but changing many people's behavior requires you to improve yourself. For example, find like-minded people!

Although the world is being corrupted little by little, there will always be people who yearn for the light!

For example, you, Huo Yuankai, and so many others who were willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of light! You may feel discouraged, but don't give up!

As Song Mengmeng spoke, she reached out her hand to Hu Yue, a small Pixiu glowing faintly in her palm: "Here, don't be sad!"

"Thank you." Hu Yue was slightly taken aback, not expecting Song Mengmeng to give her a small gift at this time.

She wasn't an ordinary person like Huo Yuankai; she could see the protective power contained in the gift at a glance. Startled, she instinctively tried to return the gift, saying, "No, no! This is too precious! I... I can't accept it!"

Such magical artifacts with protective power are extremely precious treasures to these members of the Xuanmen sect! They can be used to save lives in critical moments.

And now, this rare treasure was given to her by Song Mengmeng as a small gift.

How could she accept this?!

"Keep it! She gave Huo Yuankai one of these before! Luckily, Huo Yuankai accepted it, otherwise he might have really died in this battle today, without even having a chance to rely on Luo Yueling's spiritual root to prolong his life."

Hu Da sat next to Hu Yue and, seeing her extremely anxious appearance, simply reached out to help her, gently placing the little Pixiu back into Hu Yue's palm to prevent her from accidentally dropping the treasure into the hot pot, which would be a real loss.

"Then I'll go with you!" Seeing that Song Mengmeng and the others really intended to head straight to the Zhao Group Building right now, Hu Yue also stood up and said to Song Mengmeng with a determined look, "No matter what, I'll still be of some use!"

Even just keeping him around to stand guard and watch the gate would be fine!

Hu Yue thought to herself.

"If you really want to go, then come with me!" Hu Da patted Hu Yue's shoulder, kindly pulling her distant junior along to prevent her from foolishly becoming a third wheel for the two big shots and being impatiently sent away by someone...