If those Phantom Crystal Bee Locust eggs really had been planted by the woman in the round-cornered hat, what was her purpose? Lu Xiaotian's thoughts raced. Surely she wasn't trying to kill Sikong Jiandao or Nan Xuanyu.
If she had come for him, it could not have been her acting alone. She had to be working with someone who held a grudge against him. And if that was the case, they certainly weren't from this sea region!
"Do any of you know that woman?" Lu Xiaotian sent a direct voice transmission to Sikong Jiandao and the others.
After they all denied knowing her, Lu Xiaotian's heart sank further. If she wasn't after them, then her origins were almost obvious.
"Fine. Let's see whether what's behind you is man or ghost!" Lu Xiaotian gave a cold snort and resumed the pursuit. But now his attention was no longer fixed solely on the woman in the round-cornered hat. His divine sense swept outward as he remained on full alert for anything that might happen around them.
"Stop. Whoever you are, go somewhere else. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite." Xiang Qingcheng moved like lightning, cutting off the woman in the round-cornered hat.
If the woman went any farther, she might ruin Xiang Qingcheng's plan to reach the Jadewater Immortal Pool. If she failed this time, she would have to wait at least several hundred years for the Water-Soul Thunder Silkworm to appear again.
"Fellow Daoist Xiang, you..." The woman in the round-cornered hat was about to protest when she spotted Lu Xiaotian. Her face lit up with delight. "What are you doing here?"
"I entered the Jadewater Immortal Pool to look for the spiritual materials I need. What brought you here?" Lu Xiaotian asked, his expression unchanged.
"I came in to