Atop the hill, Ye Jingcheng had already swallowed a Mimic Essence Pill. His aura was identical to Gu Yun yuan's, and even his face looked exactly the same.
Ye Zhijian's aura matched that of the other spirit transformation middle stage cultivator.
Both wore Spirit-Isolating Robes.
Before them sat a spirit disc displaying images transmitted by special spirit insects and image-recording wood.
The reason he had not used an array was that he feared the two men might notice something.
"They're here!" Ye Zhijian warned shortly afterward.
Sure enough, the images showed the two men approaching cautiously in Spirit-Isolating Robes, looking all around while constantly sweeping ahead with their divine sense.
A moment later, seemingly sensing "Gu Yun yuan's" aura, they quickened their pace and soon appeared a short distance away.
"Junior Brother Gu, where is Martial Uncle Star Plucker? What exactly happened?" Xiao Suyuan asked in confusion.
"Martial Uncle Star Plucker is inside my grotto-heaven. Word leaked out. There must be a damned traitor in the sect. Now, not only does the Mystic Deer Sect know, but several Void Refinement sects do too. Even the Heavenly Sea Sect has learned something. We came here undercover, sneaking aboard the Ancient Wilderness Ark to follow it here..."
Having searched Gu Yun yuan's soul, Ye Jingcheng knew his speech patterns, his attitude toward Xiao Suyuan, and his facial expressions.
At that moment, Ye Jingcheng could truly be called a perfect, one-to-one replica.
Beside him, Ye Zhijian could only marvel. He could not find a single flaw.
He even had the strange impression that the person before him might really be Gu Yun yuan, possessing his Eleventh Ancestor's body.
"Martial Uncle Star Plucker is in your grotto-heaven?" Though somewhat puzzled, Xiao Suyuan still nodded.
The paired mother-and-child jade, the aura, and even the expressions