Xu Qingtong was meditating when a powerful aura suddenly appeared within his divine sense. This powerful aura was certainly not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator could possess!
Without hesitation, he sprang to his feet, took out a Sound Transmission Talisman, and murmured a few words. Then he used Shadowless Escape, pouring magic power into his Wind-Treading Boots. Like the wind, he swept out of the courtyard and charged north.
This was the route he had planned beforehand! Heading east would bring him face-to-face with the newcomer, while heading south would inevitably lead the newcomer to Zhuang Shengren. To the west was Guo Tianyu. Thus, he could only head north, toward the territory of Biluozong or the Azure Sea Gate.
Xu Qingtong pushed his escape speed to its limit, racing north like a meteor plunging to earth. In the blink of an eye, he was out of town.
The newcomer to the east seemed to have spotted Xu Qingtong. Midflight, he suddenly changed course and gave chase toward the northwest. Xu Qingtong could no longer spare any attention for his surroundings and simply charged straight ahead.
In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Xu Qingtong had covered dozens of li. The distance between him and his pursuer kept shrinking and was already less than five hundred zhang.
Xu Qingtong could now clearly sense the newcomer. A look revealed that it was none other than Wang Kunshan, the sect leader of Worryfree Valley. Dressed in a voluminous black robe, he followed close behind like an enormous bat in the night.
After fleeing a while longer, Xu Qingtong's magic power was rapidly dwindling, while the gap between him and the man behind him steadily narrowed. He brought out the Ink Cloud Shuttle, jumped aboard, inserted a high-grade spirit stone,