"I was overthinking it," Huang Xiao said, somewhat disappointed.
"That's only human nature. Do you want to look anywhere else?" Xuan Yuanjun asked Huang Xiao.
Huang Xiao shook his head. "There's no need, is there? Senior, shall we head back?"
He could not spend too much time on this, either. He could not delay matters with Eldest Senior Brother and the others; the sooner he could bring them over, the better.
Delay could breed trouble.
If there were still a possibility elsewhere, Huang Xiao would certainly have gone. Unfortunately, judging by the current situation, there was little chance left.
"Very well," Xuan Yuanjun said. "If I have time, this old man will inspect all six other locations. Unless I examine them personally, it remains nothing more than a deduction. What if there's a miracle?"
Although everyone knew the possibility was slim, they were still reluctant to give up entirely.
The four soon left. After their departure, the cracks the Minghong Saber had made in the rocky ground seemed to be slowly closing, almost imperceptibly.
When the four returned to the island, they found Senior Ji and the others already there.
Huang Xiao was not surprised. The formations must have alerted them to the four's return in advance.
Everyone gathered at the residence where the women had stayed on the island before.
After all, Senior Ji had little fondness for men. Her treating their group kindly was already an exception, so Huang Xiao and the others naturally would not go to the Ji Residence again.
In the main hall, Xuan Yuanjun and Ji Xuanying naturally took the seats of honor.
Huang Xiao recounted what he had told Xuan Yuanjun.
In the end, at Xuan Yuanjun's prompting, Huang Xiao also told them about meeting Ji Xuanying's son.
Ji Xuanying showed little reaction,