What was strange was that, judging by the items in the Storage Pouch, the corpse's owner had been a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
Yet there was no Nascent Soul, only the physical body.
Both Spirit Treasures possessed the Ice Attribute, so Huang Fugui could use them as well.
His injuries were fairly serious, and he planned to recuperate here.
He would leave once his injuries had fully healed.
Huang Fugui sat down cross-legged and circulated his cultivation method to heal his injuries.
A hundred thousand zhang beneath the abyss, inside an enormous ice cavern spanning ten thousand mu, a gigantic Demon Beast lay sprawled on the ground.
The Demon Beast's appearance resembled a Pi Xiu. It had three eyes and eight wings, along with a relatively short tail. It seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, remaining utterly motionless like an ice sculpture.
From time to time, two streams of white, hazy cold air sprayed from its nostrils, striking the ground and making the Layer of ice beneath it grow thicker.
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Azure Ripple Sect, Azure Ripple Hall.
Dozens of Azure Ripple Sect cultivators, including Shangguan Tianhong, were holding a meeting. Every one of them wore a solemn expression.
"Martial Uncle Shangguan, over the years, we've apprehended quite a few more Eastern Fence World cultivators, but none of them knew the whereabouts of the Azure Lotus Couple. Shangguan Wei of the Nine Serenities Sect has also disappeared without a trace. At present, fewer than a hundred Eastern Fence World cultivators remain at large, including two Spirit Transformation cultivators and fewer than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators."
A Green-Shirted Youth with a thin, withered build respectfully gave his report.
The Azure Ripple Sect cultivators had been apprehending Eastern Fence World cultivators all along. As time passed, they captured quite a few, but