As soon as the stone door of the cave chamber opened, a graceful figure appeared at the entrance. With a flash of her body, she arrived before the Second Soul Spirit.
Seeing that only a female cultivator had appeared, a puzzled look surfaced in the Second Soul Spirit's eyes.
"Ziruo pays her respects to Senior. My master is currently in seclusion refining pills and cannot emerge. Earlier, Master instructed me to attend the auction and search for the two things she needs." The female cultivator flashed before the Second Soul Spirit, bowed, and spoke respectfully.
"I see. This Qin has a jade tablet here. If you encounter any mishap, you need only crush it, and this Qin will know." After pondering briefly, the Second Soul Spirit flipped his hand, and an exquisite jade tablet appeared before the female cultivator.
"Thank you, Senior!" Ding Ziruo's face was full of delight as she respectfully voiced her thanks and accepted the jade tablet.
The Second Soul Spirit and Qin Fengming's true body looked almost exactly alike, though his expression was somewhat stiff. However, ordinary cultivators could not discover that he was a puppet. Unless they were familiar with him, even late Profound Spirit stage cultivators at the peak would not notice anything unusual if they did not examine the Second Soul Spirit carefully.
Thus, Ding Ziruo still regarded him as Qin Fengming.
The two left the Cave Abode. In the vast mountain valley, figures emerged from one Cave Abode after another and headed toward the Teleportation Array.
Qin Fengming glanced toward Master Zhuchen's Cave Abode, but no cultivator appeared.
Qin Fengming was not worried about encountering Master Zhuchen and being questioned about why he had emerged from seclusion. Given Zhuchen's cultivation and familiarity with the two of them, he would naturally recognize that