The Alliance Leader's brow twitched.
"Isn't the relic in the valley deep inside the formation?"
"That's for them to fight over."
Zhou Xuan stopped before the waterfall.
"The point of light on the earth vein map falls in Wind-Thunder Valley, but it doesn't necessarily indicate just one location. The Court Guardian Pavilion and the Heavenly Strategy Pavilion are both watching that formation outside, which means they believe the relic is at the valley's center."
"But the Earth Vein Instrument's reaction just now was off-center."
Emperor Jiang Wu looked at Zhou Xuan.
"In which direction?"
Zhou Xuan raised a hand and pointed at the waterfall.
"Here."
Old Ancestor Xuanming froze for a moment.
"Behind the waterfall?"
"The fiercer the fighting outside Wind-Thunder Valley gets, the less time anyone has to look here."
Zhou Xuan stepped forward.
The waterfall crashed down with a deafening roar. Yet as he drew closer, the sensation coming from the Supreme One Token grew clearer, and the Dark Gold markings on his palm lit up.
Something was hidden behind the waterfall.
And it was very close.
The Alliance Leader did not immediately follow.
"If the Heavenly Strategy Pavilion discovers we've bypassed the front, they might turn on us."
"He has no time for that right now."
Zhou Xuan looked up toward the valley.
Ji Chen was controlling the formation with all his might, while the Heavenly Strategy Pavilion's people were locked in combat with the Court Guardian Pavilion's cultivators. The more chaotic the battlefield outside became, the more Ji Chen needed their soul-calming wood to stabilize the earth veins.
At least until the battle was decided, Ji Chen would not withdraw the formation.
"Besides, he invited us to watch the show."
Zhou Xuan reached out and pressed his hand against the curtain of water.
"We ought to