Just as the Chief Steward was brimming with confidence, the scout responsible for reconnaissance came racing back, stumbling into the Ten Thousand Treasures Commerce's Commandery City Headquarters, his face deathly pale and his breath coming in gasps.
"Report—Chief Steward! Something terrible has happened!"
The Chief Steward's heart jolted, and he abruptly looked up. "Speak! What happened?"
The scout's voice trembled with utter disbelief. "Lin Fan... Lin Fan has returned! Just now, we saw him return safely to Commandery City, completely unharmed. He didn't have a single injury!"
"And the moment he entered the city, he headed straight toward the Azure Elixir Hall."
Boom!
Those words exploded like thunder in the Chief Steward's mind!
The Chief Steward went rigid. The teacup in his hand dropped heavily onto the table with a clatter, tipping over and spilling tea everywhere.
Ignoring the tea flooding the table, he stared wide-eyed in astonishment and hurriedly pressed for more.
"He headed toward the Azure Elixir Hall? What was he going there for? Was there anything unusual about him when he returned?"
By then, the scout had caught his breath a little and continued:
"He... he seemed to have returned empty-handed. We didn't see him carrying any medicine chests or medicinal ingredients. There was nothing else unusual."
Lin Fan had gone out to purchase medicinal ingredients, yet he had returned without any. That meant he must have encountered those two transforming force realm experts.
But how had Lin Fan escaped? He was merely in the early bright force realm!
The Chief Steward's brows drew tightly together.
"He headed toward the Azure Elixir Hall. The Azure Elixir Hall, the Azure Elixir Sect... could Lin Fan really have been that lucky? Was he rescued by someone from the Azure Elixir Sect?"
But what about the two transforming force experts