"My token has stopped working too." The head of the Mangxiao Family had first tried to use the jade tablet he had given Lu Xiaotian to locate his approximate whereabouts. But no matter how he channeled his magical power to activate the restriction, there was no response.
"This one failed you, Family Head."
"I failed in my duty of keeping watch. I ask the Vice President to punish me."
The two Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators, a man and a woman, each wore ashamed expressions as they apologized to the head of the Mangxiao Family and Zhu Qingquan.
"I also failed in my duty. I ask the Vice President to punish me."
With so many Golden Core cultivators, two Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators, and an array helping keep watch, they had still let the other party slip away without a sound. Among those responsible for guarding Lu Xiaotian, the two Nascent Soul cultivators and the array master in particular felt utterly humiliated.
"It wasn't just you who misjudged him. Family Head Mang and I did, too." Zhu Qingquan waved away the other Golden Core cultivators assigned to the perimeter. His expression grave, he glanced at the head of the Mangxiao Family. "This man isn't merely a grandmaster of alchemy. His cultivation is certainly not as simple as that of a Golden Core cultivator."
"What? A grandmaster of alchemy?" Only then did the array master and the two Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators realize that the person they had been assigned to guard was someone of such exalted status.
"If he were just a Golden Core cultivator, how could he have broken the array without a sound and gone unnoticed by Senior Ruan and Senior Rao?" Array master Wang Nianyang said calmly. "Without help from an outsider, the only way