Huang Xiao thought so too.
Longevity Daoist could not be everywhere at once. He could easily leave some matters to these people.
"Could he have all these people under his control?" Huang Xiao asked in some surprise. "There are tens of thousands of them!"
"An ordinary expert certainly couldn't manage it, but this is Longevity Daoist," Xuan Yuanjun said, shaking his head with a sigh. "That alone shows how powerful his Divine Sense is."
Hearing this, Huang Xiao understood that Senior Xuanyuan probably could not accomplish such a feat.
"Where did these people go?" Qingfeng asked.
"Right, how did we forget about them?" Huang Xiao exclaimed in surprise. "Will they come back here? If they do, wouldn't that reveal Longevity Daoist's whereabouts?"
"Leaving aside whether they'll return, even if they do, I'm afraid finding his whereabouts would still be highly unlikely," Ji Xuanying said, shaking her head.
"With so many people, perhaps there's a little hope," Xuan Yuanjun said after some thought. "This old man thinks those people probably won't return."
"Senior, why do you think so?" Ji Shidao asked.
"To Longevity Daoist, these people are merely puppets," Xuan Yuanjun said. "He's been planning for so many years. Since he's sent them out now, one can imagine that he probably considers their strength sufficient. Even if he let them return here, how much stronger could they become in a short time?"
"It seems the day he activates the Spirit Land Grand Formation isn't far off," Ji Xuanying said gravely.
"Clearly. All the more reason for us to hurry," Xuan Yuanjun said with a sigh. "They say you must perfect a particular move to its utmost limit before you can leave this place, but in this old man's view, that's a lie."
"The utmost limit? That would be the Ultimate of