Compared to Chongguang, getting in touch with Hongyun had cost Lu Yang rather more effort.
Of course, actually contacting him would not be difficult. As long as he found a way to touch upon some of Hongyun's core interests, there would be no need for Hongyun to show himself—Hongyun would come looking for him on his own.
Lu Yang's method was simple as well. He used a Puppet on Strings to control a local Jiangbei Qi Refining rogue cultivator, then remotely influenced Xiao Shiye's Karma. After such a maneuver, Daoist Hongyun, who had treated Xiao Shiye as bait, would naturally be alarmed and come knocking.
Lu Yang's thoughts were exactly as Chongguang had guessed.
With news as important as a Grotto-Heaven Fragment, how could Lu Yang possibly sell it to only one party? After all, the greatest advantage of intelligence was that one item could be sold many times over!
The next moment, space split open.
Lu Yang's eyes immediately brightened slightly. "Fellow Daoist."
Boom!
Before his words had faded, Daoist Hongyun directly circulated his dharma power and slapped the Qi Refining rogue cultivator into a pulp. Yet soon afterward, two more figures appeared.
"Does Fellow Daoist not wish to know—"
Before the first figure could finish speaking, Daoist Hongyun shattered it again. Fortunately, the second figure was still speaking. "—the news of your own Grotto-Heaven?"
As the words fell, Daoist Hongyun, who had only come over after sensing someone tamper with Xiao Shiye's Karma and had casually killed the cultivator upon discovering he was merely a Qi Refining cultivator, froze. Focusing his gaze, he finally noticed the rather strange expressions on these "Qi Refining rogue cultivators."
"...Who are you?"
Daoist Hongyun glanced at the sky, then swept his sleeve and vanished from the spot with the Qi Refining rogue