Chapter 558: Southern Heaven on the offensive—"Please vote with your monthly tickets!"
The northern bank of Heavenly Passage.
Wang Shentong sensed a disturbance from his token. With a wave, he set up a soundproofing restriction before taking it out.
"Fellow Daoist Fan, how did things go? Did you succeed?"
"Wang Shentong, are you making a fool of me?!" Anger simmered in the voice.
"What makes you say that?"
"What Xu Chuan? We never even saw his shadow."
Wang Shentong frowned. "I saw him leave the defense zone and head for the opposite bank with my own eyes.
I can swear to that.
Fellow Daoist Fan, that scoundrel Xu Chuan is exceptionally skilled at concealment. Did you search the river?"
"We searched hundreds of li around us and found no trace," Fan Xue said. "Either you lied to us,
or this brat truly has extraordinary abilities and can evade cultivators of the same realm!"
"Hmph! Whatever the case, if you give us unverifiable information like this again, don't blame me for turning against you!"
"Of course. I will certainly be more careful next time."
Wang Shentong replied, "We gave him seven days to investigate.
If he produces no results, we will have grounds to punish him."
With those words,
the communication ended.
He muttered to himself, "Could he have discovered me?"
After considering it for a moment,
he felt that was the only reasonable explanation.
As for his deal with Fan Xue,
Xu Chuan had not even been present at the time. Naturally, he did not believe Xu Chuan could know about it.
At most, Xu Chuan had been cautious and left the area midway.
"But along a defensive line of five thousand li, they would need to deploy almost every Nascent Soul cultivator on the other side to cover every