"What happened?" Luo Qinggu's expression darkened. Seeing her displeasure, the disciple trembled all over. It was clear that Luo Qinggu had never shown any mercy to disciples who failed to get things done.
"The two seniors from the Liangyi Realm who were waiting here are both missing. We sent the meeting signal, and they should have come immediately, but there's been no response," the disciple said in panic.
"Send another signal and see! Perhaps something delayed them," Yin Yihua suggested, stroking his little mustache.
Without hesitation, the disciple took out a talisman and flicked it into the air. It immediately turned into a roaring ball of flame and burned. I knew this was a paper talisman messenger. As long as the recipient was still alive, it could reach them and would also arrive at the agreed location.
After roughly several minutes, the disciple shook his head obsequiously. "Master... we also noticed something just now. Thinking about it now, it seems rather strange. Something must have happened over there. The ground was uneven and pitted. It seemed... it seemed to bear traces of someone having fought there..."
Yin Yihua's expression changed at once. He glared at the disciple. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Luo Qinggu also frowned. But soon, she looked toward the other side of the woods. At the same time, I noticed that the Old Ancestress's gaze had shifted toward the pitch-black forest as well.
"Take a look and see if these are the two fellow Daoists," Luo Qinggu said, her expression softening as she prepared to go over and salute them.
But when they saw the two men in black Daoist robes, their faces immediately turned green.
"After hurrying here as fast as we could, it seems we're still a little late. Everyone had agreed to observe