"Wonder how Fellow Daoist Zhu and the others are doing? So many years have passed. They only sent word before heading to the lower realm; after that, I don't know whether there has been any progress.
"He said that if they needed a longer time, they would send news up through designated firms in the Mortal Realm.
"Calculating the time they have spent searching, since they still have not returned, there should have been news by now..."
After putting away the pills, Yuan Zhen thought of something.
He had accompanied his master through long years, and the two had long since become inseparable friends. Zhu Hongyi had always treated him with great courtesy as well.
After all, they had experienced too many life-and-death trials together and saved each other's lives countless times. Zhu Hongyi did not treat him as a beast slave, but addressed him as a fellow Daoist.
Before Zhu Hongyi and Yan He went to the lower realm, they had already made every sort of preparation. They themselves operated marketplaces, so naturally they knew which firms had established branches in the Mortal Realm.
The passage point Zhu Hongyi and the other used to descend to the lower realm had been purchased through one such firm.
Zhu Hongyi and Yuan Zhen had agreed on several matters. Within a certain period, he would send word up to explain their situation over there.
At the same time, if Yuan Zhen had any matters to report, he could send messages to the Mortal Realm. It was easy for Zhu Hongyi to find Yuan Zhen, but much harder for Yuan Zhen to find him.
Whether it was Luo Gucheng or the Western Qi marketplace, Zhu Hongyi merely had to send the message up, and someone would naturally deliver it to Yuan Zhen.
But