Late at night, a figure quietly entered Purple Cloud City.

After searching around the city, Xin Lin did not discover any sign of Gui Hu.

Unwilling to give up, she plucked up her courage and made the rounds at several brothels in Purple Cloud City, but unfortunately, she still didn’t find Gui Hu.

She even returned to the Chu Mansion; she went to every place she imagined Gui Hu might go.

"This Pride Corpse guy, he sure hides deep."

Xin Lin didn’t sense even a trace of him, making her quite annoyed.

She thought for a bit and tried to contact the ghost soldiers at Chu Mansion.

Because Shi Fei had already left the palace, and Long Qingxuan was inside, earlier, the ghost soldiers ambushing in the Imperial Palace had already been dispatched back by Gui Hu, temporarily residing at Chu Mansion.

But upon contacting them, Xin Lin’s heart suddenly sank.

She found that there were no ghost soldiers left in Chu Mansion.

Ghost soldiers only follow Gui Hu’s orders.

The reason they would leave could only be one thing—Gui Hu had taken them away.

Even taking away the ghost soldiers, Gui Hu was serious this time.

Xin Lin didn’t know how she returned to Qingtian Academy.

Struggling through the latter half of the night, she didn’t even have the mind to meditate. She hurriedly grabbed her token and went to the Imperial Palace to find Little Xinzhuo.

"Brother Hu is missing, but he came to see me the night before last and told me to focus on my cultivation."

Little Xinzhuo was quite surprised to hear this.

He was shut in the Imperial Palace, unable to contact the outside; Brother Hu came to find Little Xinzhuo only after ensuring Shi Fei’s safe escape.

As for the later events where Xin Lin and Gui Hu had a conflict, Little Xinzhuo didn’t know.

"Sister, actually Brother Hu is a good person; he’s very concerned about you."

Little Xinzhuo expressed his concern, glancing at his sister.

Xin Lin seemed somewhat haggard.

Brother Hu and Sister were also a pair of bickering buddies, clearly caring about each other, but they loved to be sharp-tongued towards each other.

Watching them for some time, Little Xinzhuo saw through it long ago, but Sister and Brother Hu themselves were unaware, and he was quite anxious for them both.

"I’m not worried about him, just afraid he might cause trouble everywhere for me."

Xin Lin stubbornly said.

Little Xinzhuo was very speechless; Sister was always sharp-tongued but softhearted. Wasn’t it always her who caused trouble for Brother Hu?

"Sister, why don’t you go look for Brother Hu at Qin Mountain? I remember he often went there to cultivate."

Little Xinzhuo thought for a moment and reminded Xin Lin.

Gui Hu was unfamiliar in Purple Cloud City; unless he really intended to leave, he had nowhere to go.

Being reminded by Little Xinzhuo, Xin Lin recalled that Gui Hu indeed often took Danzi to Qin Mountain, apparently heading to the mountain peak.

After leaving the Imperial Palace, Xin Lin took out the Sealing Spirit Talisman No.2.

She took Danzi and headed for Qin Mountain.

Qin Mountain had recovered its former bustle after a period of recuperation.

In the mountains, Xuan Birds and beasts lived harmoniously together.

As soon as they entered the mountain, Danzi started frolicking.

It hopped about, wanting to find the Xuan Bird.

"We’re here to deal with business first, we need to find someone, let’s go to the mountain top first."

Xin Lin pointed to the mountain peak of Qin Mountain,

Seeing the direction Xin Lin pointed, Danzi instinctively shivered and fled swiftly with a whizz.

Though time had passed, and Danzi had already emerged from its shell, the shadow of Qin Mountain’s peak was no small thing to Danzi.

In Danzi’s little head, it vividly remembered the cruel training methods Gui Hu subjected it to at the mountain’s summit.