"Good!" True Person Du'e clapped his hands. "Since that is the case, let us seal this agreement with a high-five. This matter shall be handled thus!"
Shanshengzi raised his hand without hesitation, and the two clapped hands to swear their oath. Then Shanshengzi smiled again. "That fellow has now returned to his sect. With the sect's protection, neither of us can readily make a move! Still, I presume that, like this old man, Fellow Daoist has some sources within that sect. We need only wait near his sect. The moment that fellow leaves, we secretly follow him. Once he is far enough from his sect, we strike together. Would he not then fall into our hands as easily as turning over one's palm?"
"Indeed, that was this old man's thought as well!" True Person Du'e nodded. "We shall proceed as Fellow Daoist suggests and head there at once!"
"Good!" Shanshengzi agreed. He said no more, turned, and vanished back into the crowd. True Person Du'e likewise turned away. The cultivators around him all stepped aside, and before long, he had left the Bird's Nest.
As for the other cultivators standing not far from the two, they had merely seen them stand there for a moment before departing. Who could have imagined that these two were masters of the mid-Nascent Soul stage? Much less could anyone have known what they had discussed!
Xiao Hua had no way of knowing that danger was about to descend upon him. He merely flew toward Myriad Thunder Valley with his heart ablaze, anxious to see what exactly had happened there.
While he was still far from Myriad Thunder Valley, he had wanted to release his Buddhist sense, but he feared some mishap and held himself back. Only when he was several li away did he