Above the Maowei Ocean, Cheng Xinzhan sensed something and raised his eyes toward the northwest, his gaze piercing layer upon layer of cloud to reach the source of the spying.
There was nothing there. The watcher had gone, the clouds had scattered.
But Cheng Xinzhan did not believe his judgment was mistaken. He was highly sensitive to being watched. It could only mean that the visitor was no ordinary figure, and was skilled enough in escape arts and transformations to hide among the clouds and leave before his gaze arrived.
Who could it be?
Someone in the Fifth Realm probably could not have reacted like that. It was most likely someone in the Immortal Realm.
But Immortal Realm cultivators were not weeds by the roadside. Count them however one liked, they came from only those few factions. A Daoist Immortal passing through would have had no need to hide. Though the Buddhists had no ties to him, neither did they bear him any grudge, so they likewise had no need to spy in secret. The Dragon-Tiger Mountain Immortals could not leave at present, and they were too far away. The same applied to the Demon Sect: none were nearby, and their Immortal Realm cultivators were all far away. They could not possibly have come so quickly.
With those possibilities eliminated, only Emei remained.
An Emei Immortal must have noticed him when he passed through the formation and rushed over immediately. Only then could they have concealed themselves ahead of time to observe the situation.
Cheng Xinzhan knew little about Emei's Immortals. Although he had befriended many Xuanmen cultivators during his travels in the west, he had heard of only two who were very likely still in this world.
One was named Bai Guyi, styled the "Cloud-Chasing Old Man." This Immortal