Fu Henghua and Ma Dongren had been busy for quite a while when Zhou Xiao, Hengshou, and Xiaoyu returned.
The three wore exceptionally grave expressions.
Fu Henghua set down the Divine Luo Heavenly Tome, had Ma Dongren help the guests select cultivation arts, and personally led the others toward the rear courtyard.
"Seniors, judging by your expressions—didn't you find it?"
Hengshou shook his head. Zhou Xiao sighed. "Why didn't you tell us sooner, kid? More than twenty years have passed. How are we supposed to find it now?"
Back then, not long after Xuanjian True Person took the Heavenly Evil Sword's blade, Fu Henghua had sent Hengshou to investigate.
After learning that the blade had vanished, Fu Henghua carefully looked into the matter and thought of Xuanjian True Person, who had fled Sword Immortal Continent.
Xuanjian True Person had already entered the demonic path and possessed the potential to become a Demon Emperor. The Heavenly Evil Sword could perfectly aid him in achieving the Dao.
"I merely asked you to take a casual look. It's fine. If the sky falls, the Sword Saints will hold it up."
Fu Henghua did not particularly care about Xuanjian True Person.
Even if he completely fell into demonhood and survived the Three Calamities, he would merely become a demonic Tribulation Immortal Sword Saint. The immortal path had three of those.
What was there to fear?
"I only sent you there to ask you elders to see whether the seal on Golden Court of Myriad-Illusion Island was still secure."
After all, that place had been Empress Xuan's Daoist sanctuary. Fu Danwei had not wished to destroy the dwelling of his godson's birth mother, so when he instructed Fu Pengming and the others to construct Myriad Illusions Devil City, he had specifically told them not to