At the same time, inside the Leaning Red Tower.
"Why did that happen?"
Within an elegant boudoir, a young girl wearing a veil and a green ruqun dress furrowed her brows. Her beautiful eyes shifted slightly. "Why did I have such a feeling earlier? In that instant, my heart palpitated as though I had fallen into an icy abyss. It seemed as if some force had fixed its gaze upon me?"
"Young Lady?"
A somewhat aged voice came from outside. Immediately afterward, an elderly woman in brightly colored clothes entered, her face filled with alarm. "What is wrong, Young Lady? Could you have encountered some unclean thing?"
She then bowed respectfully to the girl in green. "For someone as noble as you, Young Lady, coming to such a place is truly beneath you."
"I was merely resting for a while. There is nowhere I cannot stay. A place like this is the best place to hide!"
The girl smiled, her eyes turning slightly. "Elder True Water has already tied down Situ Feng of the Watercloud Sword. Though the timing differs slightly from what we discussed before, it will not have much impact. It is time for us to begin our operation!"
"Young Lady, you may set your mind at ease!"
The elderly woman's expression abruptly turned solemn at the mention of the operation. "This time, all the hidden deathsworn of our sect have been deployed. Even if the item Young Lady seeks can only provide the slightest aid to your cultivation, this journey will not have been in vain."
The next day.
Uchiha Madara and Yu Lingxin had matters of their own to handle, so they paid no attention to the major theft that had occurred within Utuo City.
After resting in the city for the night, the two immediately