Ren Yunzong's soft sigh drifted out. "If it is a blessing, it is not a calamity; if it is a calamity, one cannot hide from it! What is meant to come will come. At present, we can only choose to trust Su Shi'er."
"With his years of experience, he may not necessarily fail to overcome this trial. This is Junior Sister Luoyan's tribulation, and it also counts as my test for him."
"If he cannot even overcome this trial, how can he speak of facing the Demon Shadow Palace's Venerable Lord at the Out of Body stage five years from now?"
Zhu Hanwei frowned and pondered for a long while. He knew clearly that Shen Luoyan's misfortune was certainly not something easily resolved.
His master had deliberately revealed Shen Luoyan's whereabouts. Though it was indeed the truth, he surely also intended to borrow Su Shi'er's aid to help Shen Luoyan turn danger into safety.
Su Shi'er knew nothing of this and was heading there just like that. Though Zhu Hanwei believed in him, he could not help but worry.
After a long while, unable to think of a better solution, he could only silently offer a prayer for Su Shi'er before continuing, "Master, this disciple will first go set up the formations around the perimeter. If you need anything, summon me at any time."
With that, Zhu Hanwei transformed into a streak of light and shot beyond the island's outer formation. Carrying the formation diagrams and materials Su Shi'er had left behind, he began the tedious work of arranging the formations.
On the island, the black wooden box trembled once more. A mass of black mist rushed out, but rather than taking human form, it split into two and entered the Yin and Yang halves of the Taiji Eight Trigrams