Elder Hong Tao stayed behind to help Tong Zhan handle the takeover of the commerce association.
Tongtian and Shi Xue, meanwhile, followed Mantong's directions to investigate how he had been discovered,
hoping to uncover the identity of whoever had stolen Mantong in the first place.
Without orders from Tong Zhan, Mantong looked like a simple, honest burly man. His eyes were merely brown, and he appeared entirely harmless.
The Godslayer Magic Array inside Mantong had also slowed to its lowest level of operation.
Apart from the fact that he did not breathe, he seemed no different from an ordinary cultivator.
"This is it-the place where I was found."
They arrived in a stretch of barren mountains barely a hundred li northeast of Canglan City. According to the memories stored in Mantong's Magic Array, this was where he had been discovered.
Tongtian and the others looked down from high above. The mountain range stretched unbroken for a hundred li.
There appeared to be no traces of fighting, nor any sign of other cultivators.
Tongtian's brow furrowed slightly.
"Mantong doesn't give off the slightest fluctuation of aura. Even if he lay covered in blood in these mountain forests, how would Tong Kui have discovered him?"
"Something doesn't quite add up."
At his words, confusion appeared on Shi Xue's face.
"Unless Tong Kui spread his Primordial Spirit power into every corner of heaven and earth while traveling aboard his flying boat."
"That's probably the only way he could have avoided overlooking a Golden Armor Puppet lying all alone in the mountain forests, isn't it?"
Hearing their doubts, Mantong scratched his head.
"I don't remember much about what happened before I entered the Tong family estate and met my master."
"But I do recognize the surroundings here. I clearly remember that this was definitely