True Immortal Qing Gang stood in midair, his expression slightly contorted.
He stared in the direction Fang Shu had fled for a long time before giving a cold snort, withdrawing his gaze, and turning back toward the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture.
Meanwhile, inside the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture, the old Divine Immortal sat cross-legged in the City Above the City.
His drooping eyelids opened. He glanced toward True Immortal Qing Gang, sighed softly, then turned his deep, unfathomable gaze back toward the secret realm's entrance.
Red Jujube's expression remained impassive, but faint ripples clearly stirred in his eyes. Who knew what he was pondering?
Ever since the secret realm opened, he had done exactly as he had declared all those years ago: he no longer concerned himself with any affairs of the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture, leaving everything to the True Immortals under him.
Now, he merely presided over the prefecture and never left.
Soon, True Immortal Qing Gang returned to the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture alone.
News that Fang Shu had successfully escaped spread throughout the prefecture.
Many people were astonished:
"A Foundation Establishment immortal actually escaped from a True Immortal?"
"Shh! I heard he used some secret art that damaged his body. My second aunt saw several streaks of red light shoot off in every direction from far away. Otherwise, how could a mere Foundation Establishment immortal have escaped?!"
"Tsk, so what if he did? Anyone who can escape a True Immortal already ranks among the finest Foundation Establishment immortals in the world. No wonder he survived all those years inside the Crimson Dragon Treasure Pagoda. His future on the immortal path is surely boundless."
Discussions sprang up throughout the Scarlet City Immortal Prefecture.
Quite a few people immediately wrote accounts of the day's events and sent them