Mysterious Giant Skull

Within a quiet, desolate valley, a sudden whistle tore through the air, shattering the stillness of the place.

Two streaks of escaping light shot out from the valley, one chasing and one fleeing, racing swiftly toward the mountains beyond.

The fleeing man wore black robes and rode atop a puppet wooden dragon. Judging by his attire, he was a disciple of the Heavenly Ghost lineage.

His pursuer was unexpectedly a young man dressed like a scholar. He held a large golden brush and wore a Confucian robe, looking like a learned man steeped in books—hardly the style of the Nine Questions Immortal Sect.

Yet this "scholar" was renowned within Dao Seeking Academy. He was the foremost among the academy's three great Dao Sons. Dao Seeking Academy was the pillar of the Si Yu lineage and ranked firmly among the top ten of all academies.

"Shang He Tian, you cannot flee far. For the sake of our two factions both belonging to the Clear Wheel Spirit Domain, hand over the Luck Fortune Jade Pendant, and this Young Master will spare your life."

Within the escaping light, the fair-faced scholar used his brush as a finger, drawing one complex rune after another as he calmly transmitted his voice through Divine Sense.

The black-robed middle-aged man riding the dragon glanced back at the scholar, whose brush danced like dragons and serpents. A faint trace of fear showed in his eyes.

"Tu Gongping, running into you means I'm unlucky. Stop chasing me. You can have the jade pendant."

As soon as he spoke, the black-robed middle-aged man flicked his sleeve, sending a jade pendant, red with a bluish-green sheen, shooting backward.

At the same time, the puppet wooden dragon's speed surged. In an instant, it plunged into the sea of clouds overhead and vanished