Alex was forced to play for quite a while before he was allowed to leave. Aside from the first time, he didn't cheat anymore and decided to play fairly.
Finally, he made his way to the front of the deck where his master was.
"Did you have fun playing Fanfan's little game?" she asked.
"You were spying on us?" Alex asked with a chuckle.
"No, you guys were just creating too much of a ruckus. The top 3 disciples playing with the sect leader's disciple. That causes a small commotion no matter how one thinks of it," Ma Rong said.
"I see," he said as he looked around the area they were traveling through. Although the nearby areas were passing by in a flash, the areas further away were moving very slowly and were thus much better to look at.
"The southern forest is really large, isn't it?" he asked.
"Yeah, from what I have heard, it's larger in width than crimson empire is in length," Ma Rong said.