Chapter 663: The Story the Palace Told
The rain took the ash into the mud within a few minutes, and Ji Liansu turned away from it before it was finished.
"Elder Ruan. You stay."
The formation elder was already back at the flat ground with a stylus between her teeth. She took it out. "How many people?"
"As many as you need, chosen by you, vetted by Elder Shan. Reinforce what my disciple repaired. Conceal the pulse — I do not want a wandering cultivator with a tracking formation stumbling into this a second time. Layered seals over the entrance, and a permanent access formation designed and built before that realm matures." Ji paused. "Nobody enters. Including you."
"I'd like to enter."
"I am aware. Nobody enters."
Elder Ruan made a noise that was not quite agreement and went back to her lines.
