As soon as these words were spoken, it was as though everyone present had been injected with a sedative.
Fang Xiao's presence seemed to be their needle that steadied the sea.
Yet someone still spoke up to ask.
"With Fellow Daoist Fang here, we naturally have nothing more to worry about.
However, your Master and the three fellow Daoists from Shanhai Sect have been missing all this time, and their whereabouts remain unknown. We do not know what exactly has happened."
This was a question that nearly everyone present wanted answered.
After all, no one wished for such a hidden danger to lurk at their side, much less become the next person to vanish at any moment.
Fang Xiao had long since prepared his response.
"Everyone, there is no need to worry. The person who seized Master Ling came only for me; the three fellow Daoists of Shanhai Sect were entirely caught up in it.
I will personally go and settle this matter. It will no longer affect the Tian Luo Realm."
However, though Fang Xiao said so, anyone capable of treating Fang Xiao as an enemy had to be at the Void Refining Stage.
How could they possibly rest easy?
Thus, no one responded.
But Fang Xiao had anticipated this. Spreading open his palm, he said,
"How about this? I know that none of you feel secure.
I will now give you the Half-step Dao Artifact I promised before."
The miniature mountain in Fang Xiao's hand slowly rose into the air and drifted to the center of the great hall.
Upon hearing the words Half-step Dao Artifact, everyone's eyes immediately lit up. Pairs of burning gazes converged upon the Divine Mountain.
"As for how it is to be controlled, I will not interfere. Tianlan Sect, Beimíng Sword Sect, and