After discovering that Ling Tian had captured one of their people, Shi Lin and the others grew terribly worried. In their minds, Ling Tian could very well have locked onto their auras. After all, if he couldn't, accurately intercepting their people wouldn't have been so easy. That meant Ling Tian might make a move against them, too. They had no confidence they could escape unscathed if they faced him, so naturally, they were worried.
It made sense. In Shi Lin and the others' minds, Ling Tian was always someone capable of creating miracles. It wasn't impossible that he could lock onto their auras.
Ling Tian's expression was rather grave as well, though he wasn't particularly worried. Seeing the looks on Shi Lin and the others' faces, he said solemnly, "Ling Tian definitely can't lock onto our auras. If he could, he would have attacked us long ago instead of waiting until now."
"Exactly. If he could ignore the mist and lock onto our auras, he would have kept pursuing Venerable Sword Saint and never given him the chance to enter seclusion and break through to the Near-Saint Seventeenth Heaven. But he didn't do that, which clearly shows the mist affects him, too." Shi Ying picked up the conversation. Seeing that everyone looked a little less tense, though still puzzled, she continued, "Ling Tian probably intercepted our people because he stumbled across them by chance."
"It wasn't just luck. His people may have spotted ours, after all, you and I both know Ling Tian has plenty of people scattered throughout the God Realm. It wouldn't be impossible for them to find our people." Chi Xue spoke gravely, looking at everyone as he continued, "We captured that Ancient Divine Beast in the God Realm's eastern wilderness earlier. With Ling Tian's resourcefulness, he