Chen Yuming frowned. This time, he did not dare crush the message talisman again and could only sweep it with his divine sense. It would have been better if he had not done so, but the moment his divine sense entered it, his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly said to Li Zongbao and the others, "Four worthy nephews, please wait a moment. This old man has some urgent business to attend to outside. Excuse me!"
"Please go ahead, Senior..." Li Zongbao and the others hurriedly rose. "Your affairs are naturally the most important!"
Chen Yuming forced a faint smile onto his lips and tapped his foot. Tongmu flower branches sprouted once more, swiftly carrying him to the entrance of the hall.
Once Chen Yuming's figure vanished beyond the hall doors, Xiao Mao shook his head strangely and laughed. "Senior Chen must truly have drunk too much! That message talisman must have contained urgent news from Tongmu City, yet he actually crushed it in one grip!"
"Hmph, it must have been some secret matter of Tongmu City! The message talisman did not even make a sound!" Fairy Hongxia snorted. Clearly, she was deeply dissatisfied with Jingtai Pavilion's manner of receiving guests.
"Who cares whether it is some secret matter? It has nothing to do with us anyway!" Xiao Hua said with a smile. "We only need to wait a little longer, finish this banquet, then tell Senior Chen that we have urgent business to return to our sects. We can use their Teleportation Array to head to Luyang!"
Fairy Hongxia had originally been somewhat cold toward Xiao Hua, but when she heard they were going to Luyang, her expression improved slightly.
Li Zongbao, however, seemed thoughtful as he said quietly, "Could news of Xuntian City's fall have reached the Three Cultivation