But how could I let her seize the initiative at every turn?
I quickly summoned the Flower of Boundary Force, brought out the map device, and shifted it to the nearest star region. All three red dots were moving slowly toward the outer edge of the border. One of them was moving the fastest and had already traveled far away from the other two red dots pressed close together. I gave a cold snort, then swiftly pursued the lone red dot.
It was obvious that the two red dots together were Gong Ningyan and Lu Gui. They had both touched the Kunpeng Token I had given them and become marked by my special aura. It was a kind of mark left on a puppet mechanism; once they came into contact with it, the mark would appear on the map device.
The lone red dot was undoubtedly Yuan Muying. She was currently flying swiftly toward the border, but there was no way she could escape my pursuit.
I urged the Flower of Boundary Force forward at top speed, chasing her across the map at twice Yuan Muying's speed. It surely wouldn't take long to catch up with her.
However, not long after the pursuit began, just as I was about to approach Yuan Muying, the red dot suddenly stopped, then quickly flew toward the star region of the Immortal Retention Sect. Its speed wasn't slow either. A strange feeling inevitably arose in my heart. After thinking it over, I realized that Yuan Muying had probably discovered I was tracking her.
Just as I was thinking this, I turned the Flower of Boundary Force over and discovered that, sure enough, an aura meant for surveillance had adhered to it. Although it was extremely faint, it was definitely not so faint that it