Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
Just as Chen Lin began to think the old Taoist had merely been putting on a mysterious act to get his hands on the jade talisman, the young Taoist came looking for him.
"Why are you here alone, young Taoist? Where is your master?"
Chen Lin did not slight him because of his age. Whatever else might be true, the boy had helped him during his tribulation.
The young Taoist looked anxious and glanced around.
Seeing this, Chen Lin waved Manager He and the others out of the Guest Hall, then turned to the boy.
Only then did the young Taoist speak. "Elder Chen, my master has been in the Nightmare Realm for more than ten days and still hasn't come out. Please rescue him!"
"What? Your master entered the Nightmare Realm? Why?"
Chen Lin looked at him in astonishment, finding it hard to believe.
The old Taoist possessed formidable abilities. He could suppress the Nightmare Realm aura on the jade talisman so completely that none escaped. With no chance of coming into contact with its aura, he could not possibly have been dragged into the Nightmare Realm.
Unless he had entered willingly.
Sure enough, the young Taoist immediately replied, "My master went in of his own accord, because he wanted to find my grandmaster, Yuxuzi!"
Chen Lin said nothing, waiting for him to continue.
Now another person, Yuxuzi, had appeared in the picture. He felt that matters were growing increasingly complicated.
The young Taoist continued, "That Daoist Ruin was originally my grandmaster Yuxuzi's Dao Field, and your jade talisman was his Concentric Jade Talisman. Concentric Jade Talismans are special items. If their owners die completely, the talismans will definitely shatter. Since this one hasn't shattered, my grandmaster must still be