By the time news of Chen Xun's departure had spread throughout the Taiyi Nine Provinces, thirty years had already passed.
The Fu Shi Religion's Contemplation Hall had long since erupted into chaos.
"Master, Sixth Junior Brother is in mortal danger. We can only ask our religion's immortals to leave the mountain!"
Ling Qing Zhi stood in the center of the great hall with a cupped fist salute, a deeply grave look on her face. Her voice was neither servile nor overbearing. "Junior Brother left the mountain without permission. Could this not have been indulged by one of our religion's immortals...?!"
"Eldest." Yuan Chengsi's gaze was exceedingly stern. "Our religion's immortals contemplate the world and lay their plans for all living beings. How could they keep watching Sixth Junior Brother within the mountain gates at all times? Do not speak such words again."
He knew quite a few of the inside details. He had indeed been keeping watch over Sixth Junior Brother from behind the scenes, yet he had never noticed in the slightest how he had left...
When he went to Chen Xun's cave abode, the place had already been emptied of all people, leaving behind only a stone stele.
Yuan Chengsi stood there in silence for a long while before quietly leaving.
As for the Supreme Elder, there was no need for Eldest to say anything—he had gone to see him long ago. Yet he had only been told that their religion's immortals could not leave the Nine Provinces for the time being, that they had more important matters to attend to, and that Fu Tian's fortune ran deep and long, so he would not encounter any great calamity.
That single sentence had sent him away.
Yuan Chengsi had also investigated the ruined scene of the demon army's main