Five days later.
"These people arrived so quickly?"
Xiaohei watched the figures in the phantom image before them, filled with worry.
Beside Xiaohei, Xu Taiping also frowned.
"By rights, the Wuji Abyss lies in the most barren part of the Nether Luo Ruin Star. Evil gods and demonic creatures infest the tens of thousands of li around it, so these cultivators shouldn't have discovered it so quickly."
Old Daoist Huang shook his head at that.
"You still underestimate the Upper Realm's aristocratic clans and sects."
Under Xu Taiping's and Xiaohei's astonished gazes, the Big Orange Cat Old Daoist Huang had manifested folded its arms across its chest and explained solemnly:
"I suspect that the moment the heavens phenomena stirred by the Soul-Merging Pill appeared, experts among the Upper Realm's powerful sects and aristocratic clans already sensed them."
"These sects and aristocratic clans have no shortage of experts like Senior Six-Nostril, or divine artifacts and treasures."
Xu Taiping nodded slightly.
"You have a point, Elder Huang."
Beside him, Xiaohei nodded slightly as well, but immediately turned back to stare at the phantom image.
"But you needn't worry too much for now, Master. These cultivators are still investigating the outskirts of the 𩙥wind Grand Formation. Until they're completely confident, they probably won't dare enter the Tornado Wind Formation rashly."
Old Daoist Huang nodded too.
"With this Tornado Wind Formation Fairy Lingyue laid down, ordinary cultivators would be courting death if they charged in without a group of Origin Opening Realm experts or one or two Heaven-Connecting Realm powerhouses backing them up."
Xu Taiping was not so optimistic. Watching the cultivators rising into the air to investigate, he frowned.
"This group should be scouts sent ahead by the major aristocratic clans and sects. Once they've established the situation here, more cultivators-and stronger ones-will