"Young friend, I fear that proud disciple of yours has a flaw in his Dao Heart."
"It should not be a flaw in his Dao Heart."
Outside Shen Yao's Red Radiance Cave Abode, Jiang Sheng and Xiangyu Immortal Monarch watched Shen Yao's condition.
At this moment, Shen Yao, Jinhua Mountain's senior disciple, sat cross-legged upon the Cloud Bed. He appeared to be calmly meditating and circulating his cultivation, yet Jiang Sheng and Xiangyu Immortal Monarch could sense that Shen Yao's soul was far from tranquil.
It was not merely unrest. Shen Yao's soul fluctuations were exceedingly intense. He did not seem to be meditating at all, but rather suffering some torment, or undergoing a Heavenly Demon's interrogation of the heart.
For either Jiang Sheng or Xiangyu Immortal Monarch, covering all of Jinhua Mountain with their divine sense was an effortless, ordinary matter. Moreover, out of concern for important disciples such as Shen Yao, Jiang Sheng paid them additional attention.
However, Jiang Sheng would not deliberately pry into Shen Yao and the others' secrets.
Whatever treasures or opportunities they found during their travels were earned through their own abilities. Jiang Sheng would not demand that they hand them over.
Furthermore, Jinhua Mountain had monitoring formations. Should there truly be any evil thing, the monitoring formations would certainly detect it.
Thus, so long as disciples like Shen Yao returned safely, and what they brought back was not some evil artifact or demonic scripture, Jiang Sheng did not care about anything else. Besides, he did not have so much energy to spare for other matters.
Yet Shen Yao was still different from the others. He was highly likely to be a piece laid down by the Emperor Lord Zixiao Tianyi within that sunken palace of the Eastern Sea. Moreover, Shen Yao was blessed