Splash!
Zhan Hongxiu looked at the shallow mark on the fourth-tier high-grade Tortoise Shield, then at the island below. A trace of surprise surfaced on her face. "He ran?"
"Red Sleeve, were you planning to use the Big Dipper Secret Art?" Turtle Elder asked sternly within her sea of consciousness. "How precious is your lifespan? Even if your Longevity Tortoise has reached the fourth tier and returned a great deal of lifespan to you, you cannot be so reckless—"
"No, I was not planning to use that method."
Zhan Hongxiu was somewhat bewildered. "Heaven Talisman Old Monster left on his own—without the slightest hesitation. He abandoned a large spirit-stone mine capable of producing supreme-grade spirit stones—"
"Oh?" Turtle Elder's voice clearly carried a thread of excitement. "Then we should not remain at the spirit-stone mine now. Hurry to Talisman Sword Island! There might truly be some profit to reap!"
Several days later.
Outside Talisman Sword Island.
Zhan Hongxiu casually seized a Core Formation cultivator fleeing Talisman Sword Island, dark light flickering in her eyes.
As a Nascent Soul old monster, anyone would know a soul-searching technique or two—not to mention that she carried an old grandpa with her.
"How was it?" Turtle Elder asked.
"The Talisman Sword Island Lord's life talisman shattered!" Zhan Hongxiu casually tossed aside the Core Formation cultivator, shock appearing on her face. "Judging by the timing, it happened while I was fighting Heaven Talisman Old Monster—"
"The Talisman Sword Island Lord was a Nascent Soul Late Stage great cultivator. Even if he was seriously wounded, he hid within his sect's grand formation. Who could have killed him?"
Turtle Elder said.
"It could have been the Water-Moon Palace's Grand Palace Lord and that Dragon Tree Holy Monk—or perhaps he had never truly entered closed-door cultivation to break