"Someone set us up!" Cao Xia's face darkened.
She finally understood where that uneasy feeling had come from. It had to be those people in the sect who had bribed Elder Feng and, through his hands, stuffed this mission into hers.
That so-called "Alchemy Furnace" had likely been fake from the very beginning.
The flying vessel slowly descended.
Several figures appeared before the Sea of Clouds, all dressed in Task Hall attire. When Cao Xia saw them, her expression grew even uglier. One of them was her sworn enemy. When the Vein Seeking Sect had been set up last time, this man had been the one pulling strings in the shadows.
"Routine inspection."
Four figures blocked the flying vessel's path. One of them was holding in his hand a round token. Under the token's influence, the flying vessel came to a stop on its own.
It bore the Feathered Immortal Sect's mark, so naturally it had to submit to the Feathered Immortal Sect's control.
"Zhou Yun!"
Cao Xia looked at the young man in the middle, killing intent flashing through her eyes.
"During our earlier patrol, we sensed fluctuations of magical power. You encountered robbery cultivators, didn't you? Is the item you were escorting still here?"
Zhou Yun sneered beneath Cao Xia's glare. He had waited so long for this opportunity. How could he possibly let Cao Xia escape so easily?
"Did you assign this mission?"
Cao Xia had now come back to her senses. From the moment Elder Feng handed this mission over to them, these people had already been making preparations. The robbery cultivators' earlier appearance had merely been a patch for their later actions. Only if the procedure was complete could they detain Cao Xia, a True Disciple.
Zhou Yun did not bother answering Cao Xia's question.