Then my trip to this secret realm wouldn't be so much of a waste, John thought. We see Yao Chen putting the spiritual herb inside a small bag hanging on his side and saying, "Using 300 contribution points to borrow this Spirit-Seeking Compass from Elder Mo Wuyin was the right thing to do." He smiled and continued, "Now we—" but was cut off by John suddenly jumping out of the shadow, landing near both of them.
Seeing John suddenly appear, both of them quickly reacted, jumping back and distancing themselves from him. John, looking at them, said, "That was a quick reaction." We see them looking at John. The disciple with the green hair thought, Where the hell did he jump out from? Yao Chen thought, Who the hell is that? Was he following us this entire time? I didn't even notice when he gotso close. The green hair continued his thought, He's able to get so close without either of us noticing, and I can't even see what stage he's in, even when I'm at the late stage of Foundation Forging. Yao Chen continued his thought, For him to secretly follow us, he must not have any good intentions.
The green hair continued his thought, Only a Golden Core stage cultivator can hide his cultivation stage, but since only Foundation Forging stage can enter the secret realm, he must still be at the Foundation Forging stage.
He must be using a spiritual technique to hide his cultivation. Yao Chen continued his thought, He must be following us because of the spiritual herbs or maybe even the spirit-seeking compass. Either way, I have to make sure he doesn't—
Both of them were cut off from their thoughts by John saying, "Hey, are you guys okay? You've just been standing there for a while now."
Yao Chen said, "Why were you following us?"
John said, "Oh, I wasn't following you. I just saw you a moment ago. Anyway, I just want you to hand over the spiritual treasure—what's the name you called it?" John smiled and continued, "A Spirit-Seeking Compass. Just give it to me, and I will be on my way."
The green-haired disciple said, "And why would we do that? There's only one of you, and two of us are at the late stage of Foundation Forging."