Huangfu Jinning and Huangfu Jinyu were deeply shaken. They immediately cupped their fists and accepted the order.
"Yes, Ancestor."
As soon as the words fell, the two of them passed Ancestor Huaye and leaped straight down from Falling Eagle Gorge.
The cliff was perilously steep, enough to make any ordinary person tremble at the sight of it. Yet neither of them cared. After dropping less than a dozen feet, an invisible force of qi supported their bodies, abruptly slowing their descent.
This was the strength of late-stage Spirit Platform Realm cultivators.
Having immersed themselves in the Xuanwu path for over a hundred and seventy years, their control over Profound Qi had long reached the point of being as refined as fire and pure as jade, as nimble as their own arms and fingers. Though they could not fly like Celestial Realm cultivators, using qi to glide for a short distance was effortless.
Looking down through the night, the two drifted like feathers, floating gently downward before landing soundlessly within the base.
The moment they touched down.
Huangfu Jinning took out a jade-colored bone whistle and gave it several soft blows.
The bone whistle trembled, yet made no sound.
This bone whistle could emit high-frequency sounds beyond the range of human hearing. Only those wearing matching bone fragments could sense the vibrations of its frequency.
It was a specially made bone whistle used to contact hidden sentries. It was small, but exceedingly valuable.
Before long.
A figure furtively slipped out of the darkness.
The man wore fine clothes and seemed to possess some status, but his posture was timid and cringing. He cupped his fists toward Huangfu Jinning and Huangfu Jinyu. "This subordinate, Yin Yu, pays respects to the two elders."
As he spoke, he pulled an ancient fish-shaped jade artifact