"I won't let you die." The boy looked straight into her clear eyes and made his promise earnestly.
There was no heavy anger, no veins bulging fiercely. He pressed his lips together lightly and caught the Heart-Slaying Glaze as it flew back through the curtain of rain.
This was the eleventh quarter-hour since Ming Qitian and Pei Ye had entered the cliff cave. The "Ice and Snow Body" needed another half a quarter-hour to complete its second circulation.
Kongtong, Five Peaks Lotus Heart.
His face dark as still water, Ji Changyun walked through the stone door to the formation nexus in the deepest part of the Lotus Heart Pavilion. Several formation masters were still seated around it.
"Still no movement from that trace of true qi?"
"We haven't seen any, Mountain Lord." The formation masters had now accepted the news that their sect had changed hands. "Ever since your orders came down, this trace of true qi hasn't shown itself anywhere. That means he hasn't passed through any area protected by the mountain formations."
Which meant he had never left Kongtong.
Ji Changyun pressed his lips together and nodded coldly, then went out with his sword without another word.
He truly made no attempt to conceal his emotions, because at this point, such minor details no longer mattered at all.
Just as he still could not understand how Sui Zaihua had discovered his intentions, he knew with absolute clarity that he had to kill him at any cost before he made contact with anyone from the Immortal Platform.
The mountain formations had long been monitoring Wu Dong's azure bird, but he had not expected them to abandon this most reliable method and instead have Sui Zaihua deliver a letter to the Prefectural Office.
Wu Dong and Sui Zaihua had proved