Han Changming did not pursue them. He waited quietly.
His divine sense spread wide as he checked for any other stalkers. Fortunately, there were none.
After the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Bai Yifeng and Jade Billows Fairy returned, their faces slightly pale.
"How did it go? Did you catch up to them?"
Han Changming asked.
"Fellow Daoist Han, it's been dealt with. One of them self-detonated, while we captured the other's Nascent Soul alive. We searched his soul and discovered they were after wealth—they wanted to trade top-grade pills for tribulation-crossing treasures."
As Bai Yifeng spoke, he took out a white jade box and handed it to Han Changming.
Han Changming swept it with his divine sense and found nothing amiss. He accepted the jade box and took out a miniature Nascent Soul, with a silver talisman affixed to its body.
A dazzling yellow light surged from his right hand, enveloping the miniature Nascent Soul as he searched its soul.
After a while, the yellow light in Han Changming's palm faded, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
Bai Yifeng had not lied. The two Void Refinement cultivators were Rogue Cultivators. They had already survived their fourth major heavenly tribulation, but had no confidence in surviving the fifth. Han Changming happened to be in Golden Flame Valley, and they had heard that the Han Clan had obtained Gan Yang True Lord's inheritance. That was why they had set their sights on Han Changming, intending to kill him and seize his treasures.
They also knew Han Changming had visited the Thousand Talismans Pavilion, though they did not know what talismans he had purchased.
They raised a strange insect called the Heavenly Sense Insect. This spirit insect was extremely sensitive to divine sense and had locked