The wonders of twin flames, overcoming third-tier formations; cultivating a hidden pawn, a third-tier artifact-refining legacy
Three days passed in a flash.
Late at night, in the Inner City of Extreme Mountain Immortal City.
The streets, bustling with traffic by day, had fallen quiet. The crowds had dispersed, leaving only a handful of pedestrians. Now and then, a cultivator hurried along with their head lowered.
Although the immortal city was theoretically quite safe, with the Law Enforcement Team on patrol, a great formation protecting it, and True Person Azure Wood's fearsome reputation deterring trouble, walking alone late at night still left people uneasy.
In the cultivation world, rules observed in the open were one thing; dealings conducted in the shadows were another.
No one could guarantee they would not become the person who vanished soundlessly in some dark corner.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, a figure darted from the tallest pavilion in Flowing Stone Alley, rising into the moonlight. After a few flickers, he disappeared into the night sky.
The figure was fast, even outstanding among Foundation Establishment cultivators. His escape light was dim, too. Clearly, he had deliberately suppressed his aura to avoid attracting attention.
"Hum..."
At that moment, a concealed yet astonishingly vast divine sense emerged without warning, spreading soundlessly like an invisible tide.
Its strength put even ordinary late Core Formation cultivators to shame. Wherever it passed, even the dust floating in the air was perceived with perfect clarity.
It followed the departing figure, accompanying him for more than ten li before rolling back like a receding tide.
Throughout the entire process, the departing figure noticed nothing.
He did not even know that a divine sense powerful enough to crush his soul had just "seen" straight through him.
None of the other cultivators enveloped or swept over by that divine sense noticed anything either-not those hurrying along the streets, nor those sitting indoors with their eyes