They followed the disturbance another few hundred meters before they found it—a concealed cave behind a waterfall, sealed by a faint illusory array.
Fatty Kui number two activated a detection talisman, and with a few trembling gestures and some help from Wu Shuan, managed to disable the outer veil.
He had barely gotten a few lessons in foramtions so far, so all this was still new to him. Even though he was focused on Body Cultivaiton, the elders still drilled some basic formations into him as they were a necessity for all missions.
Inside, they found the missing disciples—four young herb gatherers, unconscious and bound, guarded by a spirit beast with mottled stone skin and mossy growths on its back: a Mossback Tortoise, mid-stage Qi Refining, and deceptively fast.
Han Yu grinned.
"Round two."
