Lin Ke frowned as well at those words. He clearly remembered six dragon markings on this jade pendant, so how had they become five?
As memories flashed through his mind, he recalled the only person who had touched the jade pendant.
"It was Fang Mengdie!"
"That vile woman took away the jade pendant I found with six traces of dragon might."
Shen Wei looked grave. "Junior brother, if you still want to enter the core of the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm and reach the Cloud Dragon Hall..."
"We'll need to find another identical jade pendant."
"Or seize Fang Mengdie's back."
"But according to the map the sect provided, we'll have to search deep within the Deep Autumn Withered Wood Garden for an identical pendant."
"I'm afraid that's a journey of over a hundred li."
The Dragon Cultivator Cave Abode was already right before their eyes.
Lin Ke nodded. "There's no hurry, senior brother. Even without a jade pendant, it won't be too late for us to play Mantis Catches the Cicada, with the oriole lurking behind. "
"Here in the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm, the Jade Great Radiance Church can no longer stir up any waves."
"Their foremost Heaven's Chosen, Mo Qi Qi, is already dead, and I've taken the members of Jade Hall as blade spirits."
"Only their Jade Hall master, Liu Mingqing, remains unaccounted for."
"Perhaps he fled the Floating Island while we were sneaking into the Dragon Abyss because he loathed Mo Qi Qi's leadership."
"As for the Royal Family Female Cultivators, two of their three leading captains have already fallen."
"Fang Mengdie is the only one left, and even she can only scrape by under someone else's roof."
"Then there's the Cloud Ink Sect. Mo Tianji fled with serious injuries. He intended to intercept and kill