"That's hard to say. Leaving aside whether there really is a Longevity Pill deep within Mist Mountain, even if there is, we still can't rule out the possibility that the aura in the False Tortoise Shell Inscription came from a Longevity Pill. Or perhaps there's more than one Longevity Pill? The one you obtained could be one of them," Wan Liukong said mildly.
"Wan Liukong, you're stirring up trouble for no reason. By your reasoning, you're going to suspect us no matter what?" Xuanyuan Song demanded, glaring at Wan Liukong.
"That's exactly right," Wan Liukong said. "If you'd openly said from the start that you were after the False Tortoise Shell Inscription, I imagine none of us would be thinking this way now, would we?"
Xuanyuan Song wanted to argue further, but Xuanyuan Xing stopped him and said, "At least we can prove that a Longevity Pill exists, deep within Mist Mountain. As long as we keep studying, we'll surely narrow down the area until we can pinpoint its location. Huo Lian, shall we continue?"
Huo Lian nodded. "Then let's continue."
Everyone closed their eyes and resumed studying the scripture.
On the seventh day, Xuanyuan Xing opened his eyes.
The others sensed it as well and stopped their studies.
"Let's combine our insights again," Xuanyuan Xing said once everyone had come around. "This time, we should be able to narrow down the area and obtain a more precise map."
"Agreed."
Everyone voiced their approval.
Once again, they wrote down the clues they had gleaned, then sifted through and combined them.
"The area really has shrunk. Now it's only about ten li across," Jiang Pandong said.
It was at least several times smaller than before.
"There must be other clues in the pill manual. We should be able to narrow the