The Hundred-Year Term Ends

The Void Return Stage old monster holed up in the cave abode only opened his furnace once a day. Now that the "human ingredients" had been taken away, it meant that for the next two hours, he would focus wholeheartedly on refining pills and no longer pay attention to what was happening inside the cave abode.

Thinking this, Hao Shang quickly walked over to the white-haired young man in the apothecary.

"We can begin," he whispered into the young man's ear.

The young man's eyes seemed unable to see. Hearing Hao Shang's words, he silently nodded, drew a small knife from his sleeve, and slit open his right palm.

Crimson blood immediately welled from the wound, but right afterward, a thumb-sized Gu Worm poked its head out and wriggled free.

"The Spirit-Devouring Insect needs at least an hour to open a breach in the formation. We must hurry..." Before the young man could finish, a tremendous boom cut him off.

"Hm? I never expected that after hiding for so long, I would still be found. I wonder which fellow Daoist has been ordered to apprehend me this time?" After the boom, a hoarse voice like the wailing of ghosts rang out from the depths of the cave abode.

"Qu Jiu Huang, you assaulted Forget Worry Island and used several hundred thousand mortals, along with every cultivator on the island, as living materials for pill refinement... Were these deeds yours?" Outside the cave abode, another deep voice asked calmly.

"Correct, it was I. What, do you have ties to Forget Worry Island? Do you wish to seek vengeance against me on their behalf?" Qu Jiu Huang openly admitted it without a care.

"It was enough that it was you. As for vengeance, I had no interest in that."

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