What Jing Yuexin said was exactly what Qu Jianlei had been thinking—centuries of tacit understanding had not come for nothing.
Yet even if the two of them had guessed the general situation, they could only look at each other in speechless silence.
After a few breaths, Qu Jianlei's thoughts stirred, and he put both Extreme Spirit Stones into his Inner Space.
The Dao Stele's agitation gradually subsided. At the place where the two broken sections matched, the gap seemed to have... widened a little?
True Venerable Qu sent out his divine sense, and the next moment, Luo Fu entered the Abode.
The Bright-Eyed Girl took out that electric arc Light Orb, and sure enough, the two sections of the Dao Stele returned to their previous state.
"So it really is like that," Jing Yuexin muttered softly. "What do we do about this?"
Outside the Abode, Qu Jianlei's illusory figure gradually solidified, though his gaze looked somewhat dazed.
Only after several breaths did he sigh softly. "Senior... it is just as you expected."
True Monarch Kanshui and the other two watched silently, rather bewildered.
The Extreme Spirit Stones and the Righteous Sect girl had both disappeared, and they were also well aware that True Venerable Qu had taken them away—presumably for some other test.
A True Venerable's Abode was an extremely private domain; even Great Monarchs could not enter without an invitation.
Although the three True Monarchs had the strength to force their way in, True Monarch Qiaoqi's fate was right there before them.
Kanshui had been secretly warning his two companions with divine sense the whole time: do not act rashly. There are some consequences you cannot bear.
But at this moment, he still could not quite hold back. "Little friend Qu, which senior were you referring to?"
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