"Oh? Something like that happened?"
Hearing this, Chen Yang began to turn it over in his mind.
A cultivator of Li Huazhong's standing would not pay such close attention to He Xinxian without reason.
Her accomplishments in the Alchemy Dao were unremarkable, her cultivation realm did not stand out, and her looks were only above average. Yet Li Huazhong had examined her from every angle, leaving no corner untouched. Something was amiss.
The only explanation was that he had seen something in He Xinxian that others could not.
Chen Yang had been puzzled at first. But after Nangong Jinghe told him that Li Huazhong's master had perished during Tribulation Crossing, much became clear.
Previously, he and the Dark Underworld Venerable had believed that the Upper Realm cultivator had cast spells across Canglan Continent around the time they sent word to the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
That period also coincided with the Void Realm cultivators' collective effort to repair the Heaven Sealing Great Formation. It would have been easy to conceal the fluctuations from a spell and act in secret.
But from Xiao Yao's questioning of Yi An the day before, Chen Yang had learned that the Upper Realm cultivator had sent down the spell upon Azure Waves even earlier.
They had made their move just after the Kunxu Secret Realm closed.
And that was precisely when Li Huazhong's master had been undergoing the Death-Comprehending Profound Insight tribulation, seeking to attain Profound Insight.
Had Li Huazhong's master's Dao manifestation been unstable from the outset, and had the tribulation been fraught with setbacks before claiming their life, it would have been understandable.
But according to Nangong Jinghe, the old alchemist's prospects of attaining the venerable realm had been remarkably secure from the beginning. Everything had suddenly collapsed at the crucial moment just before