Chen Shi, Yulingzi, and Black Pot followed Ancestor Qiongyang to the outside of the Demon Suppressing Cave, Qiongyang gazing out at the Taihua mountains under the moonlight and frowning slightly.
She did not know where Jing Hong was heading at this moment either.
The sky trembled slightly as a Void Realm quietly appeared, opening slowly like a long, narrow eyelid. Her Primordial Spirit hid within it, observing the movements of the mountains below.
She was already a master of the Great Ascension stage. Although her Void Realm had not yet been refined to the thickness of a willow leaf, her cultivation was extremely profound, closely rivaling the ancestor-level figures of the Thirteen Noble Families.
"Little Ten, Yulingzi, I shall hide in the heavens while the two of you enter the mountain to search!"
Ancestor Qiongyang's figure faded and vanished without a trace, her voice drifting from an unknown direction. "You must be cautious. When he undergoes his metamorphosis, he can transform into the appearance of anyone!"
Chen Shi and Yulingzi exchanged a glance and shuddered.
The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell Heavenly Immortal Diagram was a technique of the Taihua Qing Palace for cultivating ghost immortals. This art focused primarily on transformation and feathering. Chen Shi had seen such a method in the True King's Tomb, but he had never practiced it.
This was originally an orthodox Daoist technique, but since it was being practiced by a powerful entity like Sect Master Jing Hong who had already begun undergoing evil transformation, the art likely carried a bone-chillingly sinister taint.
"Yulingzi, do you remember who beat Fankongliu to death?" Chen Shi drew closer to Yulingzi, asking with intentional or casual detachment.
Yulingzi's gaze flickered. "No one beat Fankongliu to death. Fankongliu was hoisted upside down by his legs by me and