Under Nikita's army's "escort," the task of finding Xiao Xiao's entrance passage proceeded without any resistance. The wandering demons or beasts across the plains were like midsummer snow before this army, melting away cleanly.
The young wizards didn't even need to walk. They rode on several giant spiders, as casually as if they were on a countryside outing.
Zheng Qing and Xiao Xiao sat on the back of the largest spider, watching over Nikita.
Because Zheng Qing still had many questions he needed to ask Doctor Xiao:
"Why is Hastur helping us?"
"What?" Xiao Xiao was squinting while gazing at the shimmering surface of the Skye River and didn't catch Zheng Qing's question.
"You mentioned before that Hastur is cousins with the Sea Demon King, so why would he help the school rather than his cousin?"
"I'm not an Outer God; how would I know what he's thinking?" Xiao Xiao finally understood Zheng Qing's question, shook his head, adjusted his glasses, and said:
