Early the next morning, Jiang Xinyi and Zhang Yuan still had not returned after being gone all night. Immortal Lord Lingxiang, who had failed to follow them, felt a faint unease. He bade farewell to Sect Master Wenzhenzi first thing that morning and took Ye Guhong and Xu Lingyin back to the Mysterious Court to report to Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui.
Xuan Zu Island, the Mysterious Court Hall.
Immortal Lord Lingxiang led Ye Guhong and Xu Lingyin in a cupped-hand salute to the two Great Immortal Lord patriarchs before them. "Patriarchs, that Demon Fiend was not seriously wounded. He found an opportunity to escape last night."
Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui's expression remained unchanged, as though he had expected this all along. He merely let out a heavy sigh.
"Why sigh, senior brother? If we couldn't kill him once, we'll find him and kill him a second time. I refuse to believe that even if one Immortal Lord cannot kill this brat, he could still escape with both of us joining forces!" Immortal Lord Youhuang Miefa said with a soft snort.
Immortal Lord Xuancong Chuirui shook his head slightly. "If we failed to kill him once, we will never be able to kill him again. If we truly lay a certain-death trap for this brat, whoever stands behind him will come out."
This attack on Zhang Yuan had been both an attempt to kill him outright and a probe.
Zhang Yuan was a mere Earth Immortal. He could not possibly have come from the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm to the Mountain-Sea Profound Yellow Realm without a Golden Core True Lord pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Events like this, seemingly leaving no traces and appearing entirely coincidental, were usually the handiwork of Demon Realm Devil Lords. During the last Chaos Calamity,