Chapter 1686

• Chu Liuyue slowly exhaled as she watched Qiang Wanzhou and the others enter the mountain. Thereafter, she sat down on the chair that had been set up for her as if she had made up her mind to wait in peace.
• “What a shame,” said Gongsun Xiao when he saw this scene. “This is such a good cultivation opportunity, yet you gave it up just like that. Nobody said that you couldn’t enter the mountain just because you’re an empress. I find it truly a shame since I heard that you’re extremely talented.”
• Chu Liuyue smiled. “Thank you for your concern. It’s true that this is a hard-to-come-by opportunity—that’s why I’m glad to even have the chance to bring my people here. I wouldn’t dare to dream of anything else.”