Xu Guan and Fairy Feng Qian arrived swiftly and stopped before Zhan Meng and the other four.
When Zhan Meng's words reached their ears, neither Xu Guan nor Fairy Feng Qian showed much reaction. Xu Guan cupped his fists and said solemnly,
"Brother Zhan, please don't offer your congratulations. Of the more than thirty Seven Prefectures cultivators who went to carry out the mission this time, fewer than half survived. The others likely all perished amid the terrifying disturbance triggered by the collision between the laws of the two interfaces when the seal was completed. Fortunately, Fairy Feng and I promptly activated several Dao Ancestor runes, allowing us to survive. At the time, the two of us carefully searched for Chong Ji and Jueyin, intending to protect them, but we never saw them. They too are probably in grave danger."
Xu Guan's voice was low, carrying the feeling of someone who had narrowly survived a calamity.
Hearing Xu Guan's words, the gazes of Zhan Meng and the others narrowed slightly.
None of them had experienced the situation firsthand, but merely from Xu Guan's account, they could already sense how perilous it had been.
Although they knew how to condense Dao Ancestor runes, they had not comprehended the fragments of Dao Ancestor runes, and thus had not participated in this mission.
From what Xu Guan had said, the two of them had survived by relying on a Dao Ancestor rune. If they had gone, yet been unable to activate a Dao Ancestor rune themselves, their lives truly might have been in danger.
"The sealing mission was inherently incomparably dangerous. The fact that you two completed it and left safely is already quite remarkable. Your achievements will be remembered by Youfu Palace. It is merely a pity that the cultivator surnamed Qin