Xu Changqing called out, "This is no place to linger. Let's go."
Li Chuan immediately put away the Corpse King Sword and nodded. "Yes, my lord!"
Xu Changqing did not spare the Defiled-Earth Divine Eye deep within the market gate another glance. Activating the Azure Emperor Escape Technique, he took Li Chuan with him and transformed into a streak of azure light, swiftly retreating from the Dongting Ruins.
The second Defiled-Earth Divine Eye was completely unlike the one they had encountered by chance in the depths of the Nether River years ago.
Not only was the surrounding area steeped in foul qi, but a Ghost Elder at the Void Refinement Phase had only just departed. The dangers within were impossible to predict.
Rather than making reckless contact, it was better to withdraw first and make plans at leisure.
The two said little along the way.
Before long, the azure light reached the skies above the Azurewood Sect and descended before the sect master's main hall.
Mo Qiushui had been waiting for quite some time. Seeing Xu Changqing enter, she hurriedly said, "Sect Master, I investigated the loss of Water Qi, and the results are rather troublesome."
Xu Changqing sat upright in the sect master's seat and raised a brow. "What did you find?"
Mo Qiushui said gravely, "Sect Master, the decrease in Water Qi is not limited to Fengrao Commandery or the Eastern Domain. The Water Qi throughout the entire Heavenly Origin Realm is inexplicably dwindling.
"I mobilized every disciple of the Water-Control Pavilion to investigate the four seas, Earth Veins, and major Spirit Springs. We found no trace of human interference, nor did we find the source of the spiritual qi loss. It is as though it vanished into thin air."
Xu Changqing's brow furrowed slightly, and the doubts