The next morning, the trio gathered at the foot of the Chaos Heaven Peak.
Ming Tianmei was the first to speak.
"I'll be going now," she said.
"Wait," Yu Xuan asked, tilting his head, "aren't you using the teleportation hub?"
Lingluo nodded beside him, equally puzzled.
Ming Tianmei smiled faintly.
"No, I have to make a rendezvous elsewhere first, to complete a part of my master's work. I'll take my own route."
Before either sibling could ask more, her figure blurred into streaks of pale light, gone without a trace.
Yu Xuan exhaled softly, his eyes following her, even though she vanished.
"She's always like that. Comes and goes like a ghost."
"More like acting mysterious," Lingluo muttered.
"Appears when she wants, vanishes when she wants."
Lingluo sighed.
Yu Xuan chuckled.
"That's… accurate."
Together, the two descended the mountain path toward the teleportation hub.
The air was fresh and cool, maybe even slightly chaotic.
