"Afterward, did any disciples go to the scene to see what had happened?"
The disciple hurriedly nodded. "The moment I noticed their Soul Tablets had shattered, I sent a group out to investigate. They haven't arrived yet, so we haven't received any word."
Shui Rao'er stopped arguing with the disciple. With a weary wave, she dismissed him, then turned and returned to her room. Just as she headed back, a paper talisman fluttered from her hand.
By then, Su Jiu, Chu Luohen, and the others had reached the edge of the wall.
Besides sensing the formation's presence, she also detected a trace of the Demon Mirror's aura. It was very faint, however, as though it shared the same origin as the mirror fragment Hu Zheng had held earlier.
The four stared at that corner of the wall for a long while, but none stepped forward. They all understood formation arts and naturally sensed the formation operating there.
Moreover, Su Jiu and Yun Huanling, who possessed an innate sensitivity to the mirror's peculiar aura, also detected the Demon Mirror's presence.
But...
"It should be another mirror fragment. There aren't any souls sealed inside."
Hearing Su Jiu's explanation, Yun Huanling turned to her. "Another? You found the Demon Mirror during the day?"
Su Jiu opened her palm, revealing a mirror fragment lying quietly there.
"I mentioned back at the inn that I saved someone during the day. I took this fragment from that girl's hand."
Su Jiu had long since removed the blood left on it with a Dust-Cleansing Talisman. Now it looked like nothing more than an ordinary, unremarkable mirror fragment.
Yun Huanling picked up the fragment and pondered it for a moment.
Not only Yun Huanling, but even Lan Fang Ziyi had a faint look of puzzlement in his