Chen Shi turned and left, flying away through the air.
The formation he left behind on the four walls of the pill room was none other than the Minor Heavenly Tribulation Array.
He had merely comprehended the technique of the Great Desolation Ming Dao Collection, unable to spontaneously deduce the divine abilities that matched this technique from the manual alone. Fortunately, the Heavenly Lord had cast this divine ability right before his eyes. Chen Shi had only watched it once before grasping the principles of the Minor Heavenly Tribulation Array and deducing it.
Once he departed, those female disciples ran over in a panic, and upon seeing that the immortal furnace was missing, they could not help but be terrified out of their wits.
They scurried around like headless flies until an elder female disciple shouted loudly, "Quiet! Everyone, calm down!"
The crowd gradually calmed down.
That female disciple said, "Empress is away attending a banquet at Hua Xianjun's Huaguang Mansion and is not here. With such a huge incident occurring, we cannot shirk the blame. Did any of you just now see the faces of that pair of petty thieves?"
Everyone shook their heads. Empress Houtu had covered her face and used her sleeves to obscure her features, while Chen Shi had a ball of green Qi shrouding his face. Presumably, given the cultivation levels of these cultivators, they could not see his true appearance either.
At this moment, a muffled voice came over, "Just now, I saw the face of the male flying thief."
The women looked toward the sound, seeing that the speaker was an old turtle. Its shell was several acres in area, exceedingly ancient, with profound cultivation. Fairy Yuan had left it here to guard the Jade Court.
The old turtle's cultivation was extremely high,