Qiao Qingyu was momentarily stunned because she had long forgotten the exact location of the place in Lianjiang Village that contained the Energy Stone. Once she gathered her thoughts, she pressed Wu Hong with a question, "Are you sure that he disappeared in the basement?"
"Absolutely, there were two other elders with us. The four of us were in the basement when we heard a man and a woman talking. We started looking around; initially, there were four people in the room. You know, there were lights in the basement, and we could all see each other, but when we turned around, only three of us remained; the elder... he just vanished into thin air..."
Qiao Qingyu looked at Wu Hong skeptically; not a hint of joy was on his face. She asked, "Isn't this the outcome you guys had hoped for?"
Wu Hong hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook his head with a firm voice, "No, it wasn't supposed to be like this."
