Li Xuanxuan waited in the street for a bit. He saw no one, only the stark red blood that had seeped into the earth and stained it. He retrieved a jade talisman from his storage pouch and focused on it intently for a moment.0

"Qiuyang's position is still changing… I can't tell if he's alive or if someone has taken his talisman..." he murmured to himself in worry.0

The fact that Li Qiuyang was an unrefined Qi Cultivator made him vulnerable, especially amidst such widespread calamity. Li Xuanxuan clung to hope for his safety, though his certainty waned.0

Anxiously, Li Xuanxuan watched the direction indicated by the jade talisman and began to move toward it.0

After a moment's hesitation, he crammed the talisman into a crack in the wall. His hand glowed with mana light as he quickly wrote a few lines of words on the wall:0

Qiuyang, if you're reading this, then wait for me here.0

He secured the message with their family's encryption method before swiftly departing.0

Walking down the street, Li Xuanxuan...0