Fang Qing quietly withdrew.
He had intended to conceal his identity and kill Jin Ling'er.
He had not expected Li Rulong to come as an assassin too. By a stroke of coincidence, Li Rulong had taken the blame for him.
But Li Rulong had already reached the Mid Dao Foundation? And his magical power was far from weak even among cultivators at that stage. His cultivation had advanced at a truly astonishing pace—
Deep beneath the river.
Fang Qing invoked the mysteries of his Dao Foundation, used Purify the Turbid, and opened a residence beneath the water.
Once he had finished setting it up, the Dao-Born Pearl spun within him. Clear and turbid qi formed a doorway.
He pushed the door open and arrived on Supreme White Island.
More than a dozen message talismans waited outside the cave residence where Fang Qing had been in seclusion.
It was wartime, after all. Even though the clashes were minor, the disciples outside remained highly vigilant.
A mere dozen or so message talismans was already a small number.
Fang Qing checked them and found that Supreme White Island was much as usual. He relaxed a little. Sigh. I need to transfer Xiang Dahu here as soon as possible. That way, I'll have eyes on Supreme White Island. I don't want to emerge from seclusion in Ancient Shu only to discover the island has been wiped out.
He went to the training room and took out the Golden Vajra Ghee he had obtained in his trade with Jin Ling'er.
As a Second-Order High Grade alchemist, he could naturally discern its medicinal properties.
"This is good. It's suited to tempering the body, especially alongside Esoteric Treasury Body Refinement techniques—"
Fang Qing scooped out a spoonful of ghee and examined it closely.
The ghee was dense