By the time Ling Yuling had changed back into men's clothing and left the Blue Stone Hall, delighted with her new Magic Treasures, a streak of pure white Sword Qi suddenly appeared beside her. Startled, she was about to summon one of her newly acquired Magic Treasures when she heard Lin Yun's voice transmission from within the Sword Qi.
A delighted smile spread across her face, and she immediately turned into a streak of white light and flew away.
Inside the hall, Ling Xiaofeng, who had been about to return to the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain with Wen Qing, suddenly wore a strange expression.
Seeing this, Wen Qing asked, "What's wrong? Is there something else we haven't done?"
Ling Xiaofeng shook his head. "Perhaps it was just my imagination. Something seemed to fly past outside the hall just now, but nothing around the Sacred Hall can escape my perception. Perhaps I imagined it when Yu Ling left."
Hearing this, Wen Qing swept her spiritual sense across the entire summit of the Sacred Mountain, but found nothing. "There's nothing there. It must have been your imagination. Let's go. We can't stay away from the Primordial Magnetic Divine Mountain for too long."
Ling Xiaofeng nodded.
Then a flash of white light swept across the throne, and the Twin Sages vanished from where they stood.
Outside Tianxing City, after sending out his voice-transmitting Sword Qi, Lin Yun and Nangong Wan flew to a spot above one of the city gates.
At that moment, there were no cultivators around the gates of Tianxing City apart from the white-robed Star Palace cultivators patrolling and standing guard. A layer of restrictions shimmering with white light had also been activated over the towering walls and gates.
The entire city had taken on a grim, tense atmosphere.
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