They exchanged a glance. From the expressions in each other's eyes, the two Supreme Elders of Qiyun Mountain could both see a trace of helplessness. For an elder of Tai Yin Gate at the mid Nascent Soul stage to say such a thing was enough to show that the old man surnamed Xiao no longer had the slightest intention of lending them a hand.
If the middle-aged man in the distance truly activated the formation and killed the two of them, Qiyun Mountain would undoubtedly be erased from the Cultivation World.
Although Qiyun Mountain was located in an extremely remote area, there were still plenty of minor forces that coveted its destruction. Once the two of them died, even without that middle-aged cultivator taking action, the minor forces that held grudges against Qiyun Mountain would certainly take advantage of the situation and send people to attack it.
After exchanging a glance, the master of Qiyun Mountain reached out and took the Jade Slip floating before his chest.
After merely giving it a brief scan, his expression changed drastically. A moment later, he handed the Jade Slip, his brows tightly furrowed, to the junior brother beside him.
"Fellow Daoist Duan, every material listed in your Jade Slip is an exceedingly rare treasure. Let alone Qiyun Mountain—even those larger sects could hardly claim they would be able to gather them all."
From the materials listed in the Jade Slip, the master of Qiyun Mountain could already tell that the cultivator before him was no ordinary person. Although the Jade Slip listed only twenty types of materials, even the Lei surname old man had seen only several of them, and those had been at trade fairs he attended. As for materials whose names he had merely heard, there were only twelve or thirteen