A deathly silence hung before Dragon-Tiger Mountain.
Everyone stared repeatedly at the patch of space that had abruptly darkened and brightened. Lights from their eyes and reflections from their pupils interwove into rainbows as they scrutinized every inch. But where was the man?
Given the divine might of the True Lord Evolving Transformation, they could understand the Fire Rosiness being extinguished, and they could understand the Dharma Treasure being seized. But where had a whole, full-grown man gone? He was no ordinary mortal, no petty first- or second-realm cultivator. He was a fourth-realm Nascent Soul Cultivator! He was a high-ranking Xuanzai who cultivated the orthodox Daoist arts! He was the renowned Director of the Talismanic Register Bureau at Dragon-Tiger Mountain's Celestial Master Residence!
For this great cultivator to attain the position of Director of the Talismanic Register Bureau in the Celestial Master Residence, where powerful cultivators abounded, he naturally had to be exceptional. He was a celebrated figure throughout the world. Refining pills, crafting talismans, manipulating rosy clouds and fire, gathering thunder and catching lightning-there was nothing he had not mastered. In his youth, he too had cut through thorns and brambles, subduing demons and vanquishing fiends along his way. As for killing enemies above his realm or fighting many alone, such things were as easy for him as eating an everyday meal.
How could such a figure, holding aloft his treasure and manipulating Fire Rosiness with such imposing force, suddenly vanish? At this sight, some suspected that the man who had just ventured beyond Dragon-Tiger Mountain's gates had not been Director Zhang himself, but an illusion sent to probe the True Lord's strength. Others suspected that this Xuanzai of the Zhang Family had realized the True Lord of Evolving Transformation was about to unleash a great Divine Ability, and