Lu Xiaotian did not believe Zhan Yunliang could possess divine sense at the Spirit Transformation level on his own.
"If that's really the case, then Zhan Yunliang becoming Gu Hai's disciple must have served another purpose. He probably never imagined that I would come to Shattered Star Valley. Perhaps my appearance merely allowed Zhan Yunliang to turn the tables and make some slight adjustments to his original plan. But what exactly is this fellow plotting?"
Back at Mo Shang's mountains and waters, Lu Xiaotian had already sensed that Zhan Yunliang was no ordinary man. His understanding of the Needle River Stele far exceeded Lu Xiaotian's expectations. However, the Town River Stele had already passed into history, and Lu Xiaotian had also obtained the Water Spirit Jade Toad, a water spirit treasure containing the true intent of water. After helping Zhan Yunliang seize a body, Lu Xiaotian happened to receive news of the Buddhist prayer beads and went straight to the ancient tomb, parting ways with Zhan Yunliang.
Even so, Lu Xiaotian had secretly felt that after Zhan Yunliang returned to Xiangdu to retrieve the items True Person Ghostfire had left for him, he would still have need of Lu Xiaotian later. During the five or six years Lu Xiaotian had lived in Xiangdu, his identity as a Grandmaster of Alchemy had become famous throughout the world. Lu Xiaotian had originally thought Zhan Yunliang might still come seeking his aid, so he was somewhat surprised when Zhan Yunliang seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace or word behind.
Perhaps Zhan Yunliang—or rather, the Spirit Transformation-level Primordial Spirit within him—had already discovered Lu Xiaotian inside Shattered Star Valley.
Lu Xiaotian weighed the matter repeatedly several times. Even now, he could not fully determine whether that Spirit Transformation-level Primordial Spirit