The Palace-dressed Woman froze, faintly startled, but she did not hesitate. She raised her jade hand and pointed a finger forward. Following her movement, the red light circled and danced briefly above her head, then dropped steadily into her hand.
Bang!
Red light burst out, and a ball of flame began to burn fiercely. This was actually an extremely high-grade Sound Transmission Talisman.
Startled and suspicious, the woman hurriedly sank her divine sense into it.
"What?"
Only an instant passed before the woman's face changed in horror. Her expression turned ugly at once, and she could not help crying out.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, what's wrong?"
The young man turned his head back in astonishment.
He truly could not imagine what could be worth making his companion fuss like this. At present, was everything not within the grasp of their three sects?
"It is a message Senior Brother Sect Master risked his life to send. He wants us to withdraw as quickly as possible." The Palace-dressed Woman's voice entered his ears, each word bitten out clearly.
"What? Withdraw? Fellow Daoist Lu, you aren't joking, are you!"
The young man's face was filled with disbelief, as though he had heard the most absurd question in the world.
"How could this concubine speak nonsense about such a matter? As for the exact situation, once you look at our sect's Great Elder's Sound Transmission Talisman, you will naturally understand everything at a glance."
The Palace-dressed Woman's expression had turned as ugly as it could be. How could she not hope that this was merely some joke someone had played?
Yet hope was one thing, while reason was constantly reminding her that this was absolutely impossible. With the Great Elder's temperament, he rarely even smiled or joked on ordinary days. How could he possibly use