"Brother Wang, we agreed on this. Once we enter Blood Sword Island, the two of us will join forces—and split all gains fifty-fifty. Don't worry. With my Talismans and your swordsmanship, once we come out of Blood Sword Island, we'll both surely achieve Foundation Establishment!"
Within the Heavenly Sword Sect's encampment, a long-faced man leaned close to a square-faced man and spoke in a low voice.
Both wore the standard white robes of the Heavenly Sword Sect and were utterly inconspicuous among the many Qi Refining Stage disciples.
They could even be called thoroughly ordinary.
Yet it was precisely such an ordinary Qi Refining Stage disciple who caught Ji Yuan's attention.
The one he had his eye on was the silent square-faced man.
Earlier, when his Divine Sense had swept past, he had sensed a familiar trace of aura from the square-faced man. It was not that Ji Yuan knew him.
Rather, he had sensed a—Nascent Soul aura—from this man.
He had instinctively assumed the man was a Nascent Soul Cultivator, so he had immediately raised his guard to the utmost. If that were truly the case, he would have to consider whether he needed to flee.
But after carefully investigating, he discovered that this seemingly Qi Refining Stage square-faced man from the Heavenly Sword Sect was neither in the Nascent Soul Realm nor the Qi Refining Stage.
He was a—Core Formation Stage cultivator!
And like Xing Jian, he was a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator. It was only because a Nascent Soul Cultivator had cast a secret art upon him that his cultivation had been perfectly concealed.
Making him appear no different from an ordinary Qi Refining Stage disciple.
"Unfortunately, the one who cast that secret art on you was merely a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, while my