The rear half of the great hall had been destroyed by the spatial storm, and all the restrictions within had ceased to function. The Warm Sun Jade inside lay scattered across the floor.
Shen Luo activated the Free-and-Easy Mirror and began collecting the pieces of jade.
"This Warm Sun Jade can focus the spirit and calm the mind, but it only works for cultivators below the Out-of-Body Stage. Why are you collecting this rubbish?" Fire Spirit Child asked in puzzlement.
"I have no use for this jade, but I can send it back to the Spring and Autumn Sect. They can use it," Shen Luo said mildly.
"Tsk, tsk. You really do look after that insignificant little sect. Is this what it means to repay kindness and cherish old ties? The Human Race is such a strange lot." Fire Spirit Child chuckled.
Shen Luo smiled faintly. After collecting all the Warm Sun Jade, he used Yimu Immortal Escape and easily escaped outside.
He did not linger, but flew toward the edge of the mountain range, soon leaving Cloudmist Mountain.
Looking back at the boundless mountain range shrouded in white mist, he shook his head with a sigh, then turned and flew away, heading straight for Heavenly Mechanism City.
Half a day later, Shen Luo quietly returned to his residence in Heavenly Mechanism City without alerting anyone.
He sat in the secluded chamber with his eyes closed for several hours, recovering all the magic power he had expended. Then he turned his hand over and took out two items: the unfinished Five-Fire Seven-Bird Fan and the azure folding fan.
Shen Luo picked up the azure folding fan first and snapped it open with a rustle. Its surface was smooth as a mirror, yet unfathomably deep within, as though it held an