As they were discussing, two streaks of light suddenly shot past.
Everyone was taken aback and looked over in unison. Someone immediately exclaimed, "Huh? Isn't that Wuji Xuan Sect's chief disciple, Hua Juechen?"
"It does look like him, and that's his attendant beside him! But did I just see that Hua Juechen is missing an arm?"
"That's right! His right arm was severed cleanly at the shoulder! It looks like that senior cut off one of his arms but didn't kill him."
The two streaks of light that had just passed by were indeed Hua Juechen and his attendant.
Hua Juechen had naturally noticed those people too, but he paid them no mind and continued flying off into the distance with his attendant.
"Senior Brother Hua, are we heading straight back to the sect, or going somewhere else?"
The man beside Hua Juechen couldn't help asking.
Hua Juechen glanced at him and said, "We'll find somewhere to wait. I already used the sect's Message Talisman to contact my master and explain what happened."
"My master replied that he'll come in person with our Shishuzu to seek justice for me! He'll also bring a spirit pill that can restore severed limbs so I can regrow my arm."
"We just have to wait here."
As he spoke, Hua Juechen drew a light breath, then continued, "This place was once the Daoist temple of a Mahayana Earth Immortal. Aside from the Enlightenment Fruits we found earlier, there may be other treasures and opportunities in Thousand Absolute Ridge."
"Since we've come all this way, there's no way we're leaving empty-handed."
"Besides..."
Hua Juechen paused and glanced at the stump of his arm, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. He continued, "Besides, that man may be a Tribulation True Monarch, but he dared to