Black Dragon Devours Tiger

The Tracking Cicada was a small item Song Xianfu had made for his master. It had never been sold in the martial world, so naturally Lu Dingyuan had no idea what it was.

Yet he could sense a probing force from the Tracking Cicada, and Lu Dingyuan's expression shifted slightly.

Lu Dingyuan directly crushed the Tracking Cicada into fragments, then waved his hand. "Retreat. We'll change locations."

The moment everyone emerged from the cave, they ran straight into Chen Yuan and Gu Linchuan. Song Xianfu, meanwhile, hid in the distance.

He possessed only Qi Forging Realm cultivation, while his actual combat strength was pitifully low. He had not even practiced any proper martial techniques, so he simply had no way to join the battle.

"Who are you people?"

Lu Dingyuan looked at Chen Yuan and Gu Linchuan, frowning slightly. The man before him seemed somewhat familiar.

The Dingnan Army had always been locked in confrontation with the Day-Changing Alliance in Yanzhou and rarely paid attention to news from the martial world, so he did not recognize Chen Yuan.

Only during this period in the Central Plains had Lu Dingyuan heard that the imperial court had formed the Demon-Suppressing Alliance and was engaged in fierce battle with the Radiance Cult.

However, he had never been the curious sort. Other than matters concerning the Dingnan Army, he cared about nothing else. He had merely glanced over the reports concerning the Demon-Suppressing Alliance, so Chen Yuan only looked vaguely familiar to him; he did not recognize him.

"You really didn't leave. You hid quite far away too—you made us search hard."

A half-smile appeared on Chen Yuan's face.

They had spent a full three days searching for the Dingnan Army. The others had hidden within the cave, so the Tracking Cicada had failed