Among the crowd, some agreed and others were scornful.
It was Young Master Yun who earnestly nodded in agreement.
The white-haired elder continued, "The real question now is, where on earth did that person go?"
Everyone looked at each other, their brows furrowed in deep thought.
Someone asked, "Is there any trace of that person in South Yue City?"
"No... at least, I haven't found anything."
"We haven't found any clues either..."
"Not a single trace..."
"It's as if no cultivator in the entire South Yue City has ever seen that person's face or knows his whereabouts..."
"So, has he really been here or not?"
"It seems like he hasn't."
"If he hasn't come, how did he know about the Corpse Mine?"
"You wouldn't think that he can only know about these things by coming here in person, by seeing with his own eyes, do you? You're seriously underestimating him..."
Quite a few cultivators nodded silently.
A cultivator said, "I'm just wondering, could all this be within that person's calculations?"
"Including the mutation of the Corpse King, the battle to suppress the Corpse Mine, Lu Chengyun's scheme, and that Junior Formation Master who made the Corpse King submit; could his every move be within that person's calculations?"
"If that's really the case, it's terrifying..."
"If so, we might never see that person in our entire lives."
"Be content, even Heaven Shu Pavilion has been searching for hundreds of years without finding a trace of that person. Now that we're gathered here, experiencing all of this, it's already the closest we've ever been to him."
"His schemes are too deep..."
"Indeed..."
"Speaking of which, that Junior Formation Master is no ordinary person either."
"Yes..."
"Such a powerful Junior Formation Master, I wonder where he comes from..."
The crowd marveled in amazement.
"Speaking of the Junior Formation Master..." someone pondered with a frown, "... isn't there also a Junior Formation Master in Tongxian City who set up a Large Formation and executed the Big Demon Feng Xi?"
The crowd fell silent for a while.
Someone said seriously, "Would you rather believe that story instead of believing that I am the reincarnation of a Taoist master?"
"Reincarnate my ass, do you think you're worthy?"
"You dare curse me?"
"So, about the Junior Formation Master setting up a Large Formation, what do you think a Large Formation is?"
"Indeed, a Large Formation is no trifling matter."
A cultivator frowned and said, "But... I've heard an elder from Heaven Shu Pavilion say that in Tongxian City, within the domain of Black Mountain State at Second Grade, indeed a Big Demon emerged, and indeed someone set up a Large Formation, which subdued the Big Demon..."
"Isn't it obvious? The cause and effect of that person surfaced in Tongxian City. So, it's not just about a Junior Formation Master setting up a Large Formation to kill the Big Demon, it's that person working behind the scenes..."
He suddenly stopped talking midway.
Everyone present also realized something was off; after pondering for a moment, their faces turned pale.
In Tongxian City, that person was behind everything...
The happenings in South Yue City were also instigated by that person...
There is a Junior Formation Master in Tongxian City, as well as in South Yue City...
An astonishing suspicion emerged in everyone's mind:
Could this Junior Formation Master be... that Junior Formation Master...
If that's the case, then the person behind this Junior Formation Master... could it be the person they were looking for?!
What is their relationship?
A middle-aged cultivator swallowed hard and said tentatively:
"Could it be... that this Junior Formation Master has a teacher?"
Everyone's hearts skipped a beat.
A teacher?!
Is this Junior Formation Master, the disciple of that person?!
What do you mean no clues?
What do you mean no traces?