Xu Yi's thoughts stirred. More than thirty zhang to the northwest, a Hidden Spirit Pearl floated into his hand from the branch of an immortal nanmu tree that pierced the clouds.
Xu Yi sent his thoughts into it, erased the restriction inside, and activated the spell. The Hidden Spirit Pearl immediately projected an image. It was filled with scenes of the area around his cave abode.
With another thought, Xu Yi returned the Hidden Spirit Pearl to its original place, but his mind was already turning over who would spend such a fortune.
The first person who came to mind was Tu Ling. But Xu Yi quickly dismissed the idea. He didn't think Tu Ling possessed a treasure like the Hidden Spirit Pearl.
Even if he did, he would treasure it dearly. Why would he give it up to use here?
After all, Xu Yi and the man surnamed Tu had no deep-seated feud.
But apart from Tu, Xu Yi couldn't think of anyone else.
He had been at Donghua Immortal Sect for too short a time. The only people he'd crossed were Tu Ling and the two unlucky outer disciples he'd fed to the bugs.
Whether the latter two had the nerve to set up a Hidden Spirit Pearl was one thing; the timing simply didn't make sense.
After pondering for a long while without reaching any conclusion, Xu Yi decided to stop thinking about it. With this Hidden Spirit Pearl as bait, he wasn't worried that the hand behind the scenes would stay hidden.
After putting the Hidden Spirit Pearl back, Xu Yi turned his thoughts to Liu Zhenlin.
His identity had been exposed this time purely because he'd had no choice. Given the circumstances, he couldn't keep up the disguise.
On the other hand, he was certain