"There really is a second Dragon Scale?"
Another disciple exclaimed in surprise, "Haven't the Seventeen Sects of the Immortal Alliance spent countless years searching for it together without finding anything, until they finally dismissed it as a legend?"
The long-bearded elder chuckled. "That's why a legend is only a legend. Perhaps it was nothing more than a rumor High Person Longyan deliberately had the other disciples of the Longyan Cult spread back then. Supposedly, before his death, he gave the second Dragon Scale to the Human-to-Monster True Person to throw into the deep sea. So how could it still be inside the Half-Limit Secret Realm?"
The long-bearded elder could not unravel that mystery, no matter how he pondered it.
At that moment, however, the eldest disciple suggested, "But Yan Hua failed to seize the treasure this time and suffered severe injuries from the backlash. This is the perfect opportunity for us to act!"
"Indeed, but we must make plenty of preparations. On this trip to the Half-Limit Secret Realm, Yan Hua probably encountered an avatar of High Person Tanshuang and came away empty-handed, so he should go again next time."
The elder's two disciples still did not understand. "Master, isn't it possible that Sect Master Bai of the Extreme Cold Way has already taken the Half-Limit Secret Realm this time? Otherwise, Yan Hua and High Person Tanshuang's avatar wouldn't have fought inside it and caused its tier to fall."
After hearing this, the long-bearded elder remained perfectly composed and confidently assured them:
"I guarantee that hasn't happened. Even if High Person Longyan had a contingency plan and had his disciple hide the Dragon Scale within the Longyan Cult's territory rather than in the deep sea, the defenses he put in place probably wouldn't be much easier to crack than the