Several days later.
Jade-Green Grotto Abode.
Qin Ruxue had rarely found the time to come meet Fang Qing.
Now that Formation Island's elite had been wiped out on Heavenly Heart Island, even Profound Formation, Formation Island's island lord, had died.
She had practically become Formation Island's foremost figure. If Fang Qing was still only Pill Island's acting island lord, then Qin Ruxue did not even need the word "acting."
The feeling of running a husband-and-wife shop was quite peculiar, making Fang Qing nearly feel that, before long, the entire Azure Sea Sect would bear the surname Fang—
"Young Master—regarding the matter you entrusted to me before, I have already made some progress. Tomorrow, two disciples will come to visit you."
Qin Ruxue reported on the task Fang Qing had previously assigned.
"Mm—any recent intelligence regarding Black Origin True Person and the Sea-Extinguishing Alliance?"
Fang Qing asked casually.
"Black Origin True Person is stationed on Heavenly Heart Island and has not changed the Sea-Extinguishing Alliance's name. It seems his hostility toward our sect runs deep—"
Qin Ruxue's delicate brows furrowed, and she seemed somewhat worried.
"Or perhaps he is merely putting on a bluff. He is a demonic Core Formation cultivator and has no particular ties with those two factions—"
Fang Qing held a different view. He suddenly asked, "Do you think Black Origin True Person knows about the entrance to the relic mystic realm?"
Qin Ruxue thought for a moment, then could not help but smile bitterly. "Even if he did not know before, after taking Heavenly Heart Island, he surely knows now—"
The next day.
Qin Ruxue hurriedly departed. By late morning, two Qi Refinement disciples arrived with her visiting card to call upon Fang Qing.
The two disciples were a man and a woman. The man had thick