First Elder Mei Changkong left the crowded exam grounds with Wei Ci and his duplications. Their figures blurred into the distance, reappearing moments later in a secluded part of the Warland Thicket. Thick trees screened them from view, and no one else was nearby.
First Elder extended a hand, his tone calm but carrying a heavy weight of authority. "Return those Soul Suppression Amulets. I have to use them for something else."
Without hesitation, Wei Ci and the duplications removed the wooden amulets hanging around their necks and handed them over. The air around them seemed to shiver as the items left their skin. "Here they are, Master," Wei Ci said, his voice dropping to a deeper, more mature tone.
