Seven Treasures City

"Zhao Xuan, who exactly was that?"

Seeing the shadow flee, Hermione stepped forward from behind and asked Zhao Xuan with a face full of confusion.

Her eyes remained fixed on Zhao Xuan. From his actions just now, she vaguely sensed that he knew the secret behind it.

But Zhao Xuan merely furrowed his brow and shook his head at Hermione. "I'll tell you if there's a chance later."

After saying that, he did not look at Hermione's reaction. He only gazed in the direction the shadow had left, concern written across his face. He had a feeling that the shadow's departure would become a major problem in the future.

Hermione looked at Zhao Xuan's back, pursed her lips, and opened and closed her mouth several times, but in the end, she did not ask any further.

Afterward, Zhao Xuan thoroughly searched every inch of land around Canghui Castle once more, but he found nothing else.

This relieved Zhao Xuan. If that was the case, then the broken deity's power just now had been its full strength. Though that power was not weak, it had not exceeded what Zhao Xuan could handle.

With the matter settled, Zhao Xuan and Hermione did not plan to return directly to Flower Valley. After all, they had spent more than half a year in dull, tedious cultivation. It was time to balance work and rest and travel the continent more.

After discussing it, they decided to visit Ning Rongrong and Oscar first, then go see Xiao Wu. If they had the opportunity, they could even continue south and visit Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing in the Star Luo Empire.

The two of them had lived in the northern reaches of the continent since birth, and they were deeply curious about the iron-blooded southern dynasty, the