"Why do those two look so familiar? Don't they look like Venerable Azure and Venerable White?"
Surprise flashed across the two Spirit Tamers' faces. Realizing the pair were right before them, they hastily lowered their heads and tried to keep a low profile like the other passersby, while secretly exchanging voice transmissions and hurriedly discussing what to do.
"Are you sure you didn't mistake them?"
"How could I? When Venerable Azure and Venerable White were awakened, I was serving at Jade Dew House too! There's no mistake. It has to be them!"
The strongest figures stood high above the world. Ordinary people looked up to them and inevitably remembered them vividly. Conversely, when it came to some obscure minor figure, even a mighty expert with a powerful divine soul and formidable memory might not pay attention, and could simply overlook them.
These two looked like rogue cultivators, but in truth, they were followers secretly recruited by the Supreme Heaven and Heavenly Realms Two Sects. Recently, the Sacred Sect had suffered one setback after another, and even small fry like them had begun to receive important assignments and were being mobilized.
One of them happened to serve directly under Grand Elder Lu Tianyao. After the crushing defeat at Jade Dew House, he had been absorbed into the ranks alongside Lin Qi and the others, coming under the command of Grand Elders Lianshan and Guizang.
The intelligence gathered by the Azure Cloud Sect was also correct. They had indeed visited this market ward many times, but purchasing spirit materials was secondary. Their main task was to gather news and accounts from all quarters, lest the mighty ancient cultivators hiding within the Inner Vista Grotto Heaven remain cut off and ignorant, knowing nothing of the present world.
Even Venerable Azure did not know