Haoqing did not deny it and replied:
"Yuling asked me to inquire about it. I don't know the specifics."
Linlang watched Xun Kun's Soul Fire. Only after it had completely stabilized did she put the Soul Lamp into her Storage Bracelet, borrow Haoqing's Communication Jade Slip, and ask Ranxi about the Soul Lamp.
Yuling replied swiftly. After the two exchanged a few brief words and confirmed that their respective disciples' conditions had temporarily stabilized, they cut off communication.
After taking back the Communication Jade Slip, Haoqing said:
"The cultivators of the Huaxian Sect have also entered the Qinghua Mountain Range. They should have something capable of tracking the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers. Should we consider joining forces with them?"
With a stern expression on her pretty face, Linlang was deeply dissatisfied with the Huaxian Sect.
"The Scroll of Mountains and Rivers already had an incident once before. Why hadn't the Huaxian Sect taken precautions and allowed the same thing to happen twice? This time, there aren't so many Nascent Soul disciples left to sacrifice."
Although her disciple had fortunately escaped the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers alive, fewer than one in ten of the Kunmo Sect's Nascent Soul disciples who had participated in the Grand Competition of the Five Regions had survived. Though the Huaxian Sect had offered compensation, how could such compensation compare to outstanding younger disciples? It was merely that the Evil Cultivators' petty schemes never ceased. For the sake of the greater picture, their seniors could only swallow this grievance whole. Yet in private, they had all developed grievances against the Huaxian Sect.
Haoqing said in a low voice:
"After being the leader for too long, they always want to preserve their current position, but they used the wrong method. They knew the Scroll of Mountains