Qu Jianlei and Wen Yu had been gone for less than five days before returning.
When they came back, True Immortal San Shi and Duan Bowen had just returned with several Dao Palace Golden Core Realm cultivators, having captured four Heavenly Demons.
This battle had been carried out in cooperation with the local forces, and the cultivators had suffered casualties as well.
The more serious issue was that two people had been invaded by Demonic Qi, and treating them had been rather costly.
Qu Jianlei compensated them for some of the expenses and examined them as well, confirming there would be no lingering consequences before taking stock of the gains.
Aside from three Golden Core Realm Heavenly Demons, there was even an unexpected bonus: a Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demon, though it had already been beaten half to death.
After all, Heavenly Demons were difficult to kill, and even harder to capture alive. This time, they had truly been fortunate.
However, True Immortal San Shi and the others had gained some understanding of the Heavenly Demon research project—this Nascent Soul Realm Heavenly Demon would probably be of no use.
Duan Bowen straightforwardly stated that if this Nascent Soul Realm one was not needed, they could take it back to the Encircle Devil Grand Array at Red Leaf Ridge.
Qu Jianlei simply smiled dismissively. "That may not necessarily be the case."
After resting for a day, he exiled two Golden Core Realm Heavenly Demons in succession under everyone's watchful eyes.
Unfortunately, he still did not sense the direction of their exile.
Qu Jianlei said that tomorrow he would continue exiling the Golden Core Realm ones and that Nascent Soul Realm one. He had performed quite a few calculations today and needed to rest a little.
That night, the Third Pavilion Lord