The Teleportation Array in the stone chamber where the Puppet stood brought them to a sizable study. It was spacious and seemed to have separate inner and outer sections.
Su Jiu sensed someone's presence the moment she arrived.
She hurriedly stuck a Concealment Breath Talisman onto herself, then did the same for each companion as they arrived.
Su Jiu told them directly through a private voice transmission that someone was in the room.
A trace of surprise crossed Yu Jin's face. He had just discovered that these walls blocked divine sense, yet they seemed to have little effect on Su Jiu.
"You can sense people through the walls?" Yu Jin asked through a private voice transmission.
Su Jiu nodded. "But the fluctuations I can sense are very faint."
The corner of Yu Jin's mouth twitched. That's still impressive, all right?
The other three were already used to such things and showed no reaction.
In truth, the walls did interfere with Su Jiu's divine sense to some extent. Their effect on her was simply far weaker than on the others, and not enough to render her divine sense completely useless.
After they tiptoed into the first room, Su Jiu's pupils abruptly contracted.
Yu Jin noticed that her expression had darkened somewhat. "What's wrong?"
Su Jiu's eyes grew unfathomably deep. "The walls around us can block divine sense, but the floor tiles can't."
They exchanged glances, then crouched down and pressed a hand against the floor beneath their feet.
"Have the people of the Zheng Household gone mad?!" Yun Huanling said through gritted teeth.
Indeed, beneath them lay one secret chamber after another, all holding imprisoned Pill Refining Masters.
Yu Jin's gaze darkened. He pressed his lips together but said nothing.
Yun Huanling, however, looked thoughtful. "A couple of days ago, I