When they reached Red Sun Town, Huang Xiao grew even more anxious.
Red Sun Town was small, but because it lay close to the Central Desert, people from all corners of the Jianghu now seemed to be everywhere.
This alone showed how staggering the number of Jianghu people approaching the Central Desert from other directions would be.
Huang Xiao felt that this commotion was far greater than the last search for the Golden Keys.
The Central Desert was vast, but even it could not withstand such numbers.
Even if Eldest Senior Brother and the others hid in a remote corner, their chances of being discovered had increased enormously.
The three did not linger in Red Sun Town, heading straight for the Central Desert.
Their first task was to find the first stone bearing a secret mark.
That stone should have been within thirty li of Red Sun Town.
The three spread out a little, each taking an area to search.
Even knowing the approximate area, finding a single stone still took considerable time and effort.
Had these Jianghu people not suddenly flooded into the Central Desert, Huang Xiao would not have needed to feel so anxious, but now every moment was torment.
"Hm? Senior Ji's signal." Huang Xiao's ears twitched as he heard a sound several li to his left, in the area Senior Ji was searching.
Without hesitation, he immediately dashed toward Senior Ji.
When he arrived, he found that Senior Xuan Yuanjun was already there.
The two were standing before a rock.
"This is the one." Huang Xiao immediately spotted a small depression in the rock, where its surface had been shattered by a kick.
This was clearly the secret mark his Eldest Senior Brother had left.
"This direction," Xuan Yuanjun said, glancing at the direction of the