Song Wen gazed in the direction Xugeng had departed. Only faintly swirling Origin Qi remained there.
"So Xugeng took a Teleportation Array to Qicang Island first, then made his way here from there!"
"With Xugeng's strength, he could indeed cross the Source-Qi Death Domain in three days. But..."
"I wiped out the Moon-Covering Hall on Qicang Island long ago. Even its headquarters were reduced to dust and ashes. By rights, its Teleportation Array should have been destroyed as well."
"Could it be... that the Divine Blood Sect still has the ability to construct Teleportation Arrays?"
Within his Sea of Consciousness, Song Wen quietly voiced his doubts.
Gu Que said, "Extreme Yin, that is merely an assumption you made without thinking. Did you actually see the Moon-Covering Hall's Teleportation Array being destroyed back then? Perhaps the array was never in its headquarters at all."
"That seems to be the only possibility." Song Wen changed the subject and asked, "Gu Que, why do you think Xugeng cared so much about the Void Dragon Vine? Why did he pay such an enormous price to buy one from Ying Wu instead of seizing it by force?"
Gu Que said, "Extreme Yin, you underestimate both the value of the Void Dragon Vine and Xugeng himself."
"Back then, Immortal Lord Yu Jiang sent Jing Chen and me down to the lower realm solely to create, through fusion, an exotic beast capable of surviving in Origin Qi for extended periods. Thus, the Nether Fox came into being."
"But the Void Dragon Vine can not only survive in Origin Qi, it can also turn Origin Qi into spiritual energy."
"Without question, the Void Dragon Vine is worth far more than the Nether Fox. If he could bring it to the High-Heaven Immortal Domain and present it to Immortal