Only then did he turn his gaze toward Cao Yuxiu, who stood in the distance with terror and disbelief written in his eyes.
Seeing this, he pondered briefly, then abandoned the idea of going over to talk to him or even greet him. Instead, he cupped his hands toward him and smiled in farewell.
"Dao Seed Cao, I have pressing business to attend to, so I shall take my leave!"
With that, he showed no intention of explaining further, much less of waiting for the other man to promise he would not spread word of this incident.
As he tossed another jade slip toward him, he quietly activated Space Law, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.
As the Dao Seed of the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect, Cao Yuxiu would surely understand the stakes involved.
If he did not want the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect dragged into this affair, he could remain silent or make the fullest possible use of the contents of that jade slip.
For both him and the Mountain-Shaking Immortal Sect, that would be the best outcome.
"Gulp!"
Cao Yuxiu caught the second jade slip the young man had tossed him, then watched him leave. He stood rooted to the spot in a daze, unable to recover for a long while.
Only when he caught sight of the water, still gleaming dark red, out of the corner of his eye did he fully grasp what had just happened.
Yet even though he had witnessed it with his own eyes, he still found it difficult to believe.
After all, Yue Buqun, known as the Gentleman's Sword, was not only a Personal Disciple of Xuantian Tower but had also mastered the Heaven-Opening Art, the Immortal Art cultivated by Xuantian Tower's cultivators. As for the other methods passed down