"Peony! Bring your master a bag of sunflower seeds!"
Wang Jixuan's Main Body shouted, shifting from meditation into a reclined position.
Peony looked somewhat bewildered, but she still did as told, rushing over with several bags of snacks.
Wang Jixuan multitasked, cracking sunflower seeds with his Main Body while controlling the Bone Puppet to follow behind Layman Luoshan, the "Illuminator," and stand before the small courtyard's gate.
Layman Luoshan had no intention of entering the fray directly.
With a raised hand, he summoned an ancient bronze mirror into his grasp. Its surface was stained with Black Blood as he lowered his head to look at the layers of Blood Cloud below.
Wang Jixuan's bones could see and sense nothing.
Fortunately, neither could Strange Hand.
"Let's see what's happening down there," Strange Hand pleaded sweetly.
Layman Luoshan merely waved his hand. Water from within the courtyard flew over and condensed into a rippling mirror, revealing the scene below.
Streams of light raced close to the ground.
The lights swiftly stopped above a cliff, revealing a total of twenty-seven figures.
Wang Jixuan looked closely. Familiar faces such as Black Obsidian, Venerable Zhihui, and Huang Langyu were all present. The "young" man with shoulder-length loose hair and a gray robe especially caught Wang Jixuan's attention.
Layman Luoshan had revealed a divine ability as well.
There were several top-tier Golden Immortals here. They had gone all out to conceal their tracks and avoid alerting the enemy, yet their words and actions were displayed in full.
Black Obsidian spoke first. "Still haven't found his trail?"
"Correct," Huang Langyu said gravely. "I used a secret method, yet I still could not trace him. His trail has been erased by an expert."
Venerable Zhihui said, "It should be a contingency left behind by the Moon God Palace