Seeing that he had failed to stop Shen Tingqin, Yao Zhonglou turned into a streak of light and chased in the direction he had vanished.
Medicine Valley's Grand Elder Xi Ziduan ordered, "Take them alive if possible!"
Then Xi Ziduan called several people over and headed into the underground palace to look for any trace of Qin Gengxin.
While no one was watching, Tang Yan quietly went to where Shen Tingqin had coughed up blood, collected some of the blood from the ground, and returned to the Heavenly Enchantress's side.
"Are we going after him?" the Heavenly Enchantress asked in confusion when she saw Tang Yan return.
"He'll be hard to chase, and we'd be easily spotted. Let's see whether Yao Zhonglou can catch him first," Tang Yan said softly.
Xi Ziduan searched the underground palace thoroughly but found no trace of Qin Gengxin, leaving him frantic with worry.
Could Qiu Feng Protector have been telling the truth? Had Shen Tingqin really used the seventeenth young master as a tonic?
By now, everyone from the Divine Origin Sect had been captured alive. Xi Ziduan began searching the core members' souls to examine their recent use of children.
The good news: he saw no sign of the seventeenth young master being killed.
The bad news: he saw no sign of the seventeenth young master at all.
The matter suddenly became shrouded in mystery.
Since the seventeenth young master was not in the Divine Origin Sect, and the sect had not even killed any Medicine Valley members recently, why had Qiu Feng Protector ignited the feud between the two sects?
Just then, Yao Zhonglou returned, his expression exceedingly grim.
"Grandmaster, did Shen Tingqin escape?" Xi Ziduan asked quietly.
Yao Zhonglou sighed and said gravely, "That Magic Treasure of his grants extraordinary speed.