Searching for Eastern King Duke (4)

Taiyi and Dijun joined forces once more to divine Eastern King Duke's whereabouts. Unlike before, when neither had used their Spirit Treasures, this time they brought out not only Dijun's River Chart and Luo Writing, but even Taiyi's Primordial Chaos Bell. They had gone into battle in full armor.

Taiyi and Dijun spared no effort in trying to divine Eastern King Duke's location. Their mana boiled, and suddenly, with a "pfft," Dijun spat out a mouthful of blood. This divination came to an "early" end.

The result went without saying. One look at Dijun was enough to know there had still been no result. Instead, the immense backlash from the divination had rebounded upon him, injuring him. Fortunately, after spitting out that mouthful of blood, Dijun was fine.

As for why Taiyi was unharmed, it was because Dijun had taken the lead in this divination and borne most of the backlash. What remained was nothing more than a piece of cake to Taiyi. Without even furrowing his brow, he simply "swallowed" it.

Through this divination, Dijun could be certain that Eastern King Duke had definitely received someone else's help. Otherwise, given Eastern King Duke's previously grievously injured state, even with something like the Dragonhead Cane, comparable to an Innate Supreme Treasure, they should have been able to divine him after employing an Innate Supreme Treasure and Dijun's own Top-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure. Yet they had failed. That could not help but reveal something.

Taiyi usually gave off a somewhat carefree and thoughtless impression, but he absolutely cared about his elder brother. The moment he saw Dijun injured, he seemed to worry a little too much, to the point that he failed to notice that Dijun was already fine after spitting out that mouthful of blood.

Only after a bout of