Zhang Xiaohua left Hui Chun Valley. Along the way, he saw disciples of the Jade Standing Alliance hunting down Dragon Soaring Manor disciples, while the Dragon Soaring Manor disciples fled in disarray, not daring to fight back. The thought of leading Zhang Xiaohu onto the Immortal Path rose in his heart.
"An immortal opportunity? In other people's eyes, it might be something too faint to see, but what about with me?" Zhang Xiaohua felt rather pleased with himself. Although the Primordial Qi of heaven and earth was now recovering and still insufficient for cultivation, he had learned the Spirit Gathering Formation within the jade vein beneath Mount Jiuhua. Moreover, the five-colored jade marrow was precisely the essence of Five Elements jade. Given time, Zhang Xiaohua would surely be able to use that jade marrow to set up a genuine Five Elements Spirit Gathering Formation. The problem of Primordial Qi needed for cultivation should then be solved. What remained was Zhang Xiaohu's aptitude, and that was not something Zhang Xiaohua could help with!
Zhang Xiaohua concealed himself and flew to an uninhabited corner of Mochou City. Revealing himself, he released his divine sense and tried to locate Meng, but after searching for a long while, he found nothing.
"How strange. Could something have happened?" Zhang Xiaohua grew anxious, but then he thought again. If something had happened, his divine sense should have detected some trace. She must have entered some kind of restriction that concealed her whereabouts. Thinking of the methods of the Incense-Passing Cult, Zhang Xiaohua relaxed. He strolled into another teahouse and sat to sip tea at leisure.
The teahouse was also well-informed. In less than half a day, news had spread that Dragon Soaring Manor had stormed Hui Chun Valley, that Hui Chun Valley had been driven back