As he spoke, Elder Tianyan broke into another violent coughing fit, spitting out blood as though it cost him nothing:
"Something is strange about his methods! Otherwise, he has a Magical Artifact that counters divination!"
Whether it was a special Treasure Artifact that countered divination or a Cultivation Method of such an exalted order, either would be a treasure difficult to find anywhere in the Northern Netherworld Domain.
Yet according to the master of the Myriad Nether Palace, this Rogue Cultivator had merely come from a Star Domain called the Great Qian Dynasty!
Where had he gotten such things?!
Shen Chong watched Elder Tianyan's face flicker with alarm and doubt. His expression remained unchanged, though his naturally cold, ice-blue slit pupils glinted faintly. Then he asked:
"You mean you can't calculate his location?"
"That... is hard to say."
Elder Tianyan smiled bitterly.
"If the problem lies with his methods, I should still be able to calculate his location. But if he has a Magical Artifact that counters divination... then I cannot."
"Besides, my life force and cultivation are frail. I truly cannot risk suffering a second backlash, nor do I dare attempt another divination."
Reluctantly, he held out the Astronomical Instrument, then sighed and apologized to the black-clad figure:
"I lack the ability. Elder Shen Chong, I hope you can find someone more capable."
Shen Chong did not take the Treasure Artifact. He merely stared in silence at the bloodstained Astronomical Instrument in the elder's hand. "..."
A moment later, he withdrew his gaze almost imperceptibly and made up his mind.
There was clearly something strange about this Rogue Cultivator named Lu Yuan. Perhaps he had even concealed his cultivation, and the Half-Step Heavenly Realm was not his true level.
That sounded intimidating, but it was nothing more than an