Lin Xuan turned his gaze to the Zombie at the side. After the Hundred Soul Banner absorbed the Yinhun, the blood-colored Skull Artifact it conjured grew more powerful as well. The Zombie immediately began to falter and turned to flee.
Lin Xuan snorted and raised a finger. The still-burning Innate Fire shot over, wrapping the Zombie within it. A miserable scream rang out as Lin Xuan swung the Hundred Soul Banner with his left hand, and the blood-colored Skull Artifact launched an even fiercer assault.
In no time at all, the century-old Zombie was beaten until its soul scattered and its spirit dispersed.
After it burst into a cloud of black mist, a jet-black bead remained floating in the air.
Lin Xuan pondered for a moment, then took a jade bottle from his robes and pulled out its stopper. A streak of yellow light flew from within and collected the bead into the bottle.
Just as Demonic Beasts possessed Demon Cores, Zombies with profound cultivation could also form Corpse Beads within their bodies. Corpse Beads were highly poisonous objects that Ghost Path cultivators could use to refine Dharma Treasures. Although Lin Xuan did not know how, the Corpse Bead was still a treasure to him. He would put it away first.
Having finally destroyed the ghostly creature guarding the spirit herbs, Lin Xuan wasted no more time. He plucked the Silver Moon Flower and Firefly Grass, then departed in a streak of Escape Light.
At the same time, somewhere within Stream Leap Ravine.
This was an utterly unremarkable cliff, yet at this moment, astonishing spiritual energy was seeping out from within. Several cultivators dressed in Fire Spirit Sect robes stood there with grave expressions.
"Why hasn't Senior Brother Sect Master returned yet?"
"Don't worry. With Senior Brother's cultivation, unless he