The woman in green led Qian Jiuting and Chen Changming through the teleportation arrays and returned to the Sect Master Hall.
The hall was suffused with the fragrance of pills and brightly lit, a stark contrast to the dark, oppressive Divine Mechanism Palace deep underground.
"Elder Chen, some of the elders in our Medicine Sect each maintain their own identities outside, so the Medicine Sect has not arranged dedicated cultivation residences for them."
Inside the hall, the woman in green turned around and looked calmly at Chen Changming as she spoke.
"This subordinate understands."
Chen Changming's expression sharpened, and he quickly nodded.
The Medicine Sect did this, evidently, to keep its secrets as tightly guarded as possible.
These peripheral elders traveled the world under different identities, and they might not even know one another. That way, they could better carry out the various tasks entrusted to them by the Medicine Sect—
Back in Blood Dragon Mountain, when Li Houhai and the others had appeared in the cave and encountered Steel Sword Elder and his group, the other side would never have imagined that the four of them were actually on the same side, all from the Medicine Sect!
The woman in green continued, "The token I gave you earlier can not only serve as proof of identity, but also be used for teleportation and communication. It contains its own space as well. Aside from functioning as a Universe Pagoda, it can also be used to cultivate a certain number of spirit herbs. When you travel outside in the future, this token will be your sole means of contact with the Medicine Sect."
"I never imagined a single token could combine so many functions."
Chen Changming was deeply astonished. He could not help taking out the token again and examining it