Zhang Yu brought the luminous talisman before him and examined it. The instant his gaze fell upon the name of one particular Exalted Venerable, it lingered there for a moment.
This man was named Xue Lu, and Zhang Yu happened to know him.
After Zhu Feng's daoist abode had been established, a celebratory banquet had been held. This man had been one of the two Exalted Venerables who attended.
As Zhang Yu knew, this man was skilled in binding and seizing techniques, as well as the art of external incarnations. The records showed that in just the past dozen or so years, he had severed his daoist abode's connection no fewer than five times.
He looked for a while before shifting his gaze away and continuing to read the account Ming Zhou had recorded below.
After reading through it, he found that although Xue Lu and another Exalted Venerable had both recently made moves connected to severing their daoist abodes, they had both informed Ming Zhou beforehand. Their reasons had also been perfectly proper: to temper their cultivation and resist the murk and chaos. Nothing unusual had appeared during that time.
He considered this, then said, "If these two Exalted Venerables took the opportunity of severing their connection to the Clear Firmament Primordial Magnetism to send dharma power into the Inner Layer, landing it in some remote region, could they conceal this from you, Fellow Daoist?"
Ming Zhou answered earnestly, "Every form of surveillance has its gaps. It is not impossible to accomplish such a thing. But to evade my surveillance, one of the Court Executors would have to act in person. Yet that would not be concealing the matter itself, but concealing it from me. Only they possess such authority."
Zhang Yu understood. Every Court Executor in fact held