Zhang Yu settled his thoughts, left the Pure Profound Dao Palace, and sought out Zhong Tingzhi. Upon learning of his arrival, Zhong Tingzhi invited him into the hall and asked his purpose.
Zhang Yu spoke of Yi Chu, then said, "Fellow Daoist Yi has not contacted me for half a year. This is rather unusual, so I would ask Zhong Tingzhi to find a way to calculate his whereabouts."
After hearing this, Zhong Tingzhi also grew solemn.
In his view, there should not, and could not, be any place in Celestial Xia that the Profound Court could not detect.
Though Yi Chu had submitted himself, he was now, in any case, a man of Celestial Xia. Even setting aside that identity, the unexplained disappearance of someone who possessed Upper Layer power had to be investigated.
He asked, "Does Zhang Tingzhi have any object connected to him?"
Zhang Yu said, "Previously, I gave Fellow Daoist Yi a talisman. Fellow Daoist Yi should not have left it behind somewhere. Perhaps we can use this to locate him." He reached into his sleeve, took out a talisman, and handed it to Zhong Tingzhi. "This talisman carries the same aura as the jade talisman on Fellow Daoist Yi."
Zhong Tingzhi accepted it and said, "If so, finding him will be much easier." He gave an order to a disciple at his side, telling him to summon Chong Tingzhi. With the two of them calculating together, it should be easier still.
Before long, Chong Tingzhi arrived. After hearing of the matter, he said gravely, "The two of us shall certainly spare no effort in this."
Once the two had settled on this, they set up a ritual altar within the Dao Palace. They then took their places at the formation positions and, with the aid