The three immortal realms of the Transcenders were all territories I had conquered through my own strength. The Northfox Household wanted to use my identity to manipulate me and force me to cooperate obediently. They were thinking far too simply. How could I possibly let them have their way so easily?
After setting Northfox Yun down, I suddenly flew out of the Gathering Immortals Basin. After teleporting, I appeared at the place where that aura had manifested moments ago and swept my gaze around. To my annoyance, aside from traces of residual energy fluctuations, there was nothing else to prove that the other party had ever appeared. The entity behind Northfox Yun was either astonishingly powerful, or this had merely been a disturbance of the qi clouds remotely controlled by her.
I had seen spells that could move an aura in the distance out of thin air, or directly alter space. Zhao Qian's transference of realm force and Lord Qixing's Seven-Star Shifting Technique, for example, could activate the circulation of magic power at a designated location and guide one's own teleportation spell. But Northfox Yun was under my control. How could she possibly cast a spell? That was what baffled me most.
I returned to the Gathering Immortals Basin. Yet that aura continued to follow far behind me like a ghost. I searched the area several times, but every effort came to nothing.
"It's useless, Immortal Xia." Northfox Yun looked at me with a cold laugh. She knew what I was thinking.
"Don't get too pleased with yourself. It might just be your smokescreen." I spoke indifferently, but Northfox Yun said, "You may as well try. I believe the price you'll pay will be higher than you imagine."
I snorted coldly and thought, *The hedgehog bit me, so am I