"Who on earth was it? Why can't I remember?"
"Something is very wrong. Let's withdraw from this island immediately and decide what to do afterward!"
Ma Wanbao and the others had finally broken through the Grand Array, only to lose their target. They were no longer even certain what they had come here to do.
This was far too bizarre. Had they encountered a powerful enemy here, even someone as formidable as the Blood Shark King of old, they could have put up a fight. But when they had forgotten the very person they meant to hunt down, there was nothing they could do.
Faced with this situation, they dared not linger and could only leave first.
Surely they could not match wits and courage against thin air?
"Wonderful, they're retreating!" Mu Qingsi said quietly.
"Let's leave too. Otherwise, once the incense wears off and they come to their senses, there'll be more trouble," Li Ling told her.
Their bodies were pressed tightly together, their auras mingling, and only then could they hear each other speak. Ma Wanbao and the others were genuine Core Formation and Foundation Establishment cultivators, yet they seemed entirely oblivious to the figures and voices right before them. They truly looked without seeing and listened without hearing.
A little later, Li Ling and Mu Qingsi walked out openly, flew away beneath everyone's very noses, and soon vanished without a trace.
When Ma Wanbao and the others returned to the ship, a steward of the Myriad Treasures Tower approached with a smile. Reading their expressions, he said, "Welcome back in triumph, Elders. With Li Ling eliminated, the Incense Accumulation Sect will surely fall into chaos. We'll also have an opportunity to control the Incense Market and take complete command of the trade here."
"What did you say?"