An elderly cultivator clad in purple robes suddenly came over to ask about the matter, instantly making quite a few cultivators in the marketplace shut their mouths, not daring to speak further.
Now that the Shangqing Sect was at the height of its power, how would rogue cultivators like them dare discuss such matters openly?
They feared that the purple-robed old man before them might be a cultivator from the Shangqing Sect. Should they say something they ought not to, their end would be exceedingly miserable.
Seeing this, the old man in the purple Daoist robe immediately understood the gravity of the situation. He cupped his fists toward the cultivators, then slowly left the place.
After this unfamiliar elderly cultivator departed, someone stared thoughtfully at his receding back.
"Eh? Why does this person's face seem somewhat familiar? I clearly don't know him. Where have I seen him before?"
After a long while, the cultivator suddenly showed a look of realization, followed by a trace of horror rising in his eyes.
It was him!
Having recognized the purple-robed old man's identity, the rogue cultivator turned and left without another word, heading straight for the Shangqing Sect's mountain gate.
"Are you certain you saw this person at Hejian Marketplace?"
At one of the Shangqing Sect's branch halls, a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator held a wanted poster and asked for confirmation again and again.
"Yes, it was definitely him. I absolutely couldn't have mistaken him!"
"This person was even asking around about which senior Core Formation cultivators the Upper Sect had lost. That was precisely what caught my attention!"
The rogue cultivator who had rushed here from Hejian Marketplace wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as he spoke with certainty.
After carefully examining the portrait on the wanted poster, he had finally