"Fellow Daoist Zhuang, don't panic. He may not have managed to leave yet. Let's hurry and look."
His acquaintance glanced at him, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly in private amusement. His old friend only came down on an outside assignment once every few years, and now he had botched it like this.
The orders went out, and everyone soon began following the clues, searching for Li Chen based on the appearance of the Rogue Cultivator who had fainted.
But Li Chen was well versed in the transformations of Shape-Stealing Skin-Painting. He could keep altering his appearance and even disguise a puppet as a human, so naturally, he would not be found so easily.
"This alone won't do. We also need to review the scenes recorded by the Eye Crystals and identify anything he might have transformed into."
His acquaintance issued another order, then took out a jade talisman and contacted the Chief Steward aboard the Mirage to inform him of the matter.
Setting aside the circumstances that had brought Steward Zhuang here, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator vanishing inside the Mirage was a potential threat to the Mirage itself.
They had to track his movements to determine whether he posed any danger.
Thus, even without Steward Zhuang's request, they would still have to find Li Chen.
The guards aboard the Mirage immediately sprang into action. Some carefully examined the initial footage of Li Chen going into hiding at the monitoring magic array, while others brought out a specially made puppet that looked remarkably like a beetle but could collect scents and had an exceptionally keen sense of smell, attempting to track him by scent.
Others activated the Mirage's unique internal Wave-Detecting Artifact, trying to find Li Chen through a method similar to the Qi-Observing Art.
The results naturally proved