"Master, do we really not need to remove them? This is a special method of the Ascension Sanctum. He'll be able to keep sensing your location."
Lan An's worried voice echoed through Lin Xuan's mind.
It turned out that when Huo Feng left, he had silently planted two marks on Lin Xuan and Si Yingxue.
Other than Lan An, no one had noticed.
However, the marks had no effect on Lin Xuan or Si Yingxue. They merely served as positioning markers.
As for Li Peng, Huo Feng seemed to have overlooked him.
"Not yet. We'll talk once we tear off all pretenses."
Lin Xuan replied to Lan An casually, paying little mind to the marks.
There was no danger involved anyway, and Lan An had said he could erase them at any time.
For the Ascension Sanctum, this was not some earth-shattering method. Nearly every Ancient Remnant knew it.
Lin Xuan came to his senses as well. No wonder Huo Feng had been able to find him; Zhan Yunting and Xu Dong had likely been left with the same marks.
"That's right. Master sees farther ahead."
Lan An responded, not forgetting to slip in a bit of flattery.
Lin Xuan could not be bothered to dwell on the matter and changed the subject. "You guessed that he's seeking a body for someone else, and that there may be a faction behind him, right?"
"Yes, Master!"
Lan An immediately answered, "Within the Ascension Sanctum, the Imperial Realm patriarchs all establish their own circles. The Ancient Remnant that seized Huo Feng's body should be a disciple of one such patriarch, plotting rebirth for his own sect."
"I didn't dare probe with the Art of Insight, so I can't determine what is so special about Huo Feng. Logically speaking, a mere seventh-grade Martial