"Yes." Immortal Venerable Xiao bowed solemnly.
They wouldn't strike directly, but they could apply pressure in other ways.
It was a tried-and-true tactic.
It served as a warning while also flaunting Myriad Phenomena Mansion's stance as a hegemon.
Southern Territory.
Inside a great hall, at its very center, a young man slowly opened his eyes within a Formation Array shrouded in swirling mist.
He furrowed his brow slightly, adding a chill to his peerless face. "Someone is plotting against me?"
Then he began to divine.
When he sensed the same five-colored fog as before, his expression paused. He smiled faintly and stopped divining, returning to absorb the misty energy within the Formation Array.
Over on Yun Shu's end.
After the Patriarch had drained his Spiritual Energy once again, Yun Shu looked somewhat dispirited.
"Why did it take two times?"
Yun Shu sounded a little helpless.
"That means two Human Immortals were divining you." The Patriarch's voice held a hint of amusement. "I used the old fox's aura to fool the Myriad Phenomena Mansion Lord's divination. Naturally, the old fox would notice something amiss, and the Heavenly Secrets would be thrown into turmoil. But it looks like he's already guessed something and stopped divining. Otherwise, he might really have traced it back to your true body."
"The old fox's aura?" Yun Shu was greatly surprised. "That works?"
"Of course. The Myriad Phenomena Mansion Lord would never casually offend a Ninth Realm powerhouse like that old fox, so the information he could obtain was extremely limited. He only wanted to confirm your identity."
"Using the old fox's aura could indeed help conceal it."
"Divining your identity was enough for him. He wouldn't investigate any further."
"When we ran into the old fox last time, you collected his aura?" Yun Shu understood some