"Acting Sect Master, are we really going to stop paying attention to the Slaughter Evil Lord's Jade Pendant?" a disciple of the Wood Demon Sect asked. "Perhaps the maps that appeared this time are connected to the Jade Pendant?"
"Of course we'll continue to keep an eye on it," Ren Dongju said mildly. "But for now, our main focus must remain on those map fragments. There's no need for you to return to the Wood Demon Sect. Set out immediately and investigate the latest news."
Several Wood Demon Sect disciples immediately left.
Ren Dongju was merely saying that. How could he possibly keep paying attention to that Jade Pendant?
He was simply keeping up appearances.
Although the experts from the various domains had left, they had still left some people in the Slaughter Evil Domain. They had not truly given up on studying the Jade Pendant.
The Slaughter Evil Lord had been very generous about this, declaring that they could study the Jade Pendant's secrets whenever they wished.
Some thought that the Slaughter Evil Lord might be trying to cover up what he only made more conspicuous, using this approach to mislead them into thinking he did not care about the Jade Pendant.
But in Ren Dongju's view, the Slaughter Evil Lord had most likely also discovered that the Jade Pendant held no secrets. He was only doing this to spare himself some trouble.
After all, any faction that obtained the secret of the final Spirit Land would certainly face pressure from the other factions.
Huang Xiao followed Ren Dongju straight back to the Wood Demon Sect. By then, half a month had passed.
"What? Senior wants to see me?" Huang Xiao was stunned to hear the message delivered by the Wood Demon Sect elder before him.
"Yes, the Ancestor