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The thin fog on Shenmo Peak dispersed.
Gu Qing was kneeling before Zhao Layue.
Neither Jing Jiu nor Zhao Layue liked to see their disciples kneeling in front of them; but Gu Qing had to kneel that day. It was because he came back without Jing Jiu.
Zhao Layue looked at the empty ground by the edge of the cliff, thinking of the bamboo chair that had lain there before. She remained silent for a while and asked, "When did it happen?"
Gu Qing replied, "Seven days ago."
Yuan Qü stood by the side and thought anxiously that his Senior Master had traveled outside for three years, but was missing after having just come back.
Zhao Layue asked, "Did he tell you anything?"
Gu Qing intended to say that he hadn't, but he suddenly remembered the incident when they passed through the Cold Mountain, saying, "My Master said that we should check out who was the sect master of the Mysterious Dark Sect, and then kill him if possible."