Jiang Hui heard the reactions from those below and asked Ridge Lord Qu frankly.
"Your divination showed nothing wrong, but is it possible the other side has an Out-of-Body-level contingency hidden away?"
The question was not especially polite and carried a hint of doubt about Qu Jianlei's abilities.
But he was not angry, because he truly understood. The tragic state of West Ox Embrace Province was right before them; there was no such thing as being too cautious.
He merely stated that if it had been the work of an Out-of-Body Heavenly Demon, his second divination would never have gone so smoothly.
Qu Jianlei could not be certain whether there were any Out-of-Body Heavenly Demons among them, and his casual calculation might have had its heavenly secrets obscured by a Great Venerable.
But immediately afterward, he had chosen the Seashell's six-line divination precisely to rule out that possibility.
So he only asked in return, "If there were an Out-of-Body cultivator, do you think I would have been unharmed?" Yet this answer could not completely convince everyone. Just as Qu Jianlei had worried, some people wondered: Could an Out-of-Body cultivator really fail to block a Nascent Soul Realm divination? Fortunately, Hall Master Jiang trusted Ridge Lord Qu greatly—this team even carried Out-of-Body treasures with them, so they could not possibly lack such knowledge.
Then came the matter of treating the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. Jiang Hui asked whether anyone from Red Leaf Ridge could help.
However, Qu Jianlei's answer was, "A great battle is imminent. We need to preserve enough energy. Doesn't Star Palace have methods for this?" It was not that he could not act. Tian Yin had come with the team partly because of such considerations.
But he felt that this precedent could not be set carelessly, or they