"They naturally had their own channels. Why use those of my Thunder Control Sect?" Qian Diheng answered without yielding an inch.
"Martial Uncle Heping, could the Joyful Sect send communication talismans over from Million Meng Mountain?" Zhu Chenghe turned and asked True Person Heping.
True Person Heping shook his head slightly. "My Joyful Sect does not possess the Thunder Control Sect's foresight. We never made such arrangements!"
"Mm, since the Joyful Sect has none, then... Martial Nephew Li Zongbao's communication talismans should also have been delivered along with the Thunder Control Sect's disciples, right?" Zhu Chenghe nodded. "Even if Martial Nephew Li Zongbao no longer wished to write communication talismans, shouldn't Xiao Hua's talisman contain a message from Martial Nephew Li Zongbao? Or at least mention him? Yet why... does this communication talisman not mention Li Zongbao, Xiao Mao, or Cai Hongxia—not even a single word?"
"How would I know?" Qian Diheng said displeasedly. "I didn't write this communication talisman!"
"Mm, then Martial Nephew Qian, Zhu has another question for you!" Zhu Chenghe did not press him, merely continued asking. "Do you think the four mid to late Foundation Establishment disciples—Li Zongbao, Xiao Mao, Cai Hongxia, and Xiao Hua—could easily break through the sword cultivators' blockade at Sword Tomb? Could they safely pass through the encirclement of so many swordsmen from Huan Kingdom? Could they evade the great battle between soul cultivators and sword cultivators? Could they effortlessly investigate the circumstances... and the root cause of that battle between soul cultivators and sword cultivators? Leaving everything else aside, do you think Xiao Hua and the others could understand the uncivilized language of Million Meng Mountain?"
"These..." Qian Diheng faltered. "How would I know such things? In any case, Xiao Hua and the others had already crossed Sword Tomb, already passed