Vitality Settles, Abyss Blood Eye

Serving the master, one could never be too careful. Kou Chu had been channeling the Five Directions Spirit Communication Talisman all along; this was an ability bestowed by the master, and it was exceptionally sensitive to the hostility of living beings. Eight miles away, there was precisely such a target.

Who was it?

Kou Chu was extremely puzzled. He and Li Shan had indeed been running back and forth across the Northern Wastelands over the past year, but they were solely collecting treasure fragments and meddling in nothing else. Two poverty-stricken fellows at the Soul Penetration realm were also completely devoid of any plunder-worthy value, and even if they were, there was no need to stealthily trail them from eight miles away.

At a distance of eight miles, unless one possessed some exceptional tricks up their sleeve, they would never dare to let the distance stretch that far.

Kou Chu collected his wits, exchanged a couple more idle remarks with Li Shan, and only then set off. The nerves of the two men had already tightened in secret.

They were not far from Fengdu City to begin with. Traveling in a hasty rush all the way, in less than half a day they had already stepped into the outskirts of Fengdu City. Xusheng had sent someone to drive a carriage over, and they boarded it. Throughout this period, the tail behind them had been relentlessly dogging their steps, and it seemed there were also other reinforcements waiting; this was no longer a personal matter.

Inside the carriage, Li Shan let out a breath. When it came to adaptability and resourcefulness, he was definitely superior to Kou Chu, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it felt. *Wasn't yesterday... that round of transactions a little too smooth! Was