Leave Him Be
The patriarch's mansion on the floating island was very grand, with pavilions, waterside terraces, covered walkways, and exquisitely carved beams and painted rafters.
On the veranda, a man with a jade-like face and dressed in plain clothes stood by the water, casually feeding the spirit fish in the water.
Although he was handsome and looked to be no more than thirty years old, he had long, white hair that reached his ankles, and his head was simply tied with a jade crown. His wide, plain white Daoist robe looked extremely simple, but the slowly flowing glow on the robe indicated its preciousness.
At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed in the robes of the Talisman Sect of the Fu Sect walked over and respectfully bowed to the man who was feeding the fish, saying:
"Reporting to the Sect Master, an urgent message just arrived from the Evergreen Hall, saying that the Young Master's identity token has been destroyed."
As he spoke, he presented a grayish-green jade tablet with both hands, its surface covered with spiderweb patterns, seemingly on the verge of breaking.
Dao Lord Taihua didn't even flinch. With one hand, he casually scattered fish food, while with the other, he easily picked up the broken jade tablet from the middle-aged man's hand, played with it for a couple of moments, and then tossed it back to him.
He destroyed it himself, so we don't need to worry about it.
This jade pendant is a pair with the identity token in He Yi's hand. When He Yi Yi's identity token is destroyed, this jade pendant will also react.
Every Talisman Sect and above possesses this identity token.
Those below the level of direct disciples all have a soul lamp lit in the Evergreen Hall. The lamp goes out when the person dies. This is to make it easier for the sect to keep track of the life and death of these disciples. In special circumstances, the soul lamp can also be used to investigate. This is a kind of sect protection for ordinary disciples, so that outsiders will not dare to kill members of the Talisman Sect at will.
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man seemed hesitant:
"But the young master is still young, and now he's alone in this remote place, and he's lost his identity token. What if something happens to him..."
"It's nothing," Dao Lord Taihua interrupted the middle-aged man.
He looked at the fish swimming leisurely in the water and sighed softly. Since they had agreed beforehand, he wouldn't interfere with his decision.
Then he stopped talking about He Yi and turned to instruct the middle-aged man:
"Keep an eye on Myriad Connections. United Heroes Hall has sent people to the Mortal Realm to investigate the matter of the Execution Stone. Don't let them cause trouble in the Mortal Realm at this critical juncture."
Myriad Connections's surveillance of the Mortal Realm was not a secret to someone like Dao Lord Taihua.
"Yes!"
"Hmm, how are those three Execution Cultivator we captured last time? Have they given us any useful information?"
The middle-aged man shook his head:
"Reporting to the Sect Master, they should just be low-level minions. They cry out in pain every time their souls are searched, but when questioned seriously, they know nothing. Just yesterday, one of the Execution Cultivator seemed to unconsciously murmur 'Lord Execution Walker,' but when he woke up, he had no reaction to that word."
After the discovery of the Execution Stone at the Talisman Master Assembly, the United Heroes Hall, an alliance of various sects in the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain, successively captured some Execution Cultivator among the crowds around the main cities.
However, whether it was because the other party cultivated with the Execution Qi, or because they were placed under some kind of restriction or cultivated some kind of method, ordinary Soul-Searching Technique could not work on them. As soon as they used the Soul-Searching Technique, even the slightest touch of their memories would erase them.
At such times, those Execution Cultivator will suffer unbearable pain.
Once the Soul-Searching Technique stopped, they were fine, but the memories they had experienced during the search were completely erased.
However, even if a cultivator uses the Soul-Searching Technique, they cannot obtain any memories.
Therefore, the investigation into the Execution Stone has been progressing very slowly.
Otherwise, United Heroes Hall would not be willing to send cultivators to the Mortal Realm.
After all, this kind of work is really thankless, and United Heroes Hall don't think that if they can't find anything on their side of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, what progress can they make on the side of the Mortal Realm?
Only a few people felt that since there was really no progress in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, they could try their luck in the Mortal Realm.
That's why the dispatch orders were issued to various major sects in the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain last year.
"The Execution Walker..." Dao Lord Taihua murmured the name, then scattered all the fish food in his hand. With a flick of his right hand, he took out a storage ring and handed it to the middle-aged man.
"Feng Dao Lord Fenghua of Cheng Yuan Chengyuan Sect in Mysterious Extreme Domain has been in seclusion for many years. I don't know if she has emerged yet. Send someone to deliver this storage ring to her. When Dao Lord Fenghua emerges, tell her it's a gift from me to celebrate her return."
This storage ring is exquisitely crafted, inlaid with a purple gemstone. It is enchanted, clearly indicating that no one in the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain can break through the enchantment of Dao Lord Taihua to obtain its contents.
"Yes, I'll take care of it right away." The middle-aged man took the storage ring and left the sect leader's residence.
Meanwhile, far away in the Mortal Realm, Lin Xiao, who was still worrying about not being able to enjoy himself anymore, suddenly remembered the sealing array he had set up in the Huanyou Nation.
Since people from the Immortal Cultivation Realm have come to investigate, they will inevitably go to Huanyou Nation, the site of the original outbreak, and those Execution Stone mines will definitely be a key focus of the investigation.
Then their own sealing formation will probably have to be broken.
They might even be asked about the origin and purpose of the formation.
Fortunately, with the example set by the Azure Lotus Sect, I only needed to say that it was a sect's inheritance.
However, we'll have to be more careful in the future. After all, it's fine to have one or two sect heirlooms, but if you always bring out something that others don't have, it will attract attention.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao could no longer sit still. He immediately stood up from the ground and headed to Huanyou Nation alone.
The people in the Immortal Cultivation Realm are far more knowledgeable than we think, so it would be better to weaken that great formation before they arrive.
Fortunately, Lin Xiao's cultivation has now reached the Nascent Soul, so a trip to Huanyou Nation and back won't take too long. He should be able to return before He Yi embarks on the Heart-Questioning Road.
Thinking this, he sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Liu Yunan in the sect while he was on his way.
Just in case, it's best to inform him.
Outside the sect, events big and small were brewing beneath the surface, while inside the sect, everyone was busy with their own affairs.
At noon, the disciples on Azure Cloud Peak of the Lingxian Sect had finished their classes.
Many disciples gathered together to discuss various issues raised in class, while some disciples with more cultivation experience and wisdom meditated alone in their rooms.
Yuan Jinsheng, who had been at the Lingxian Sect for a few months, was like that.
At this moment, he was intently looking inward at his Golden Core, his joy evident, and he seemed to be muttering incantations.
"It really did fully recover..."
When he first entered the Lingxian Sect, he was shocked by the advanced cultivation techniques, but because his Golden Core was damaged, Yuan Jinsheng still planned to focus more time and energy on the four arts of immortal cultivation, thinking about how to get more Cultivation Resources for his son.
Unexpectedly, through daily cultivation, his Golden Core, which was originally so damaged that there was almost no hope of recovery, began to recover visibly day by day!