By Peng Island.
The Daoist stood with his hands behind his back, quietly gazing at the lake's undercurrents.
Suddenly.
Splash!
The lake water parted as if pushed aside by a pair of hands. An enormous one-horned dragon head slowly rose from beneath the surface. Once it had fully emerged, that flood dragon's head alone stood far taller than the white-robed Daoist.
Though it looked down from above, the flood dragon's eyes were filled with respect.
"Master, Black King has returned."
Luo Chen quietly watched him as his Divine Sense naturally spread out and swept across Black King's entire body.
His aura was somewhat listless, yet there were no visible injuries. This was exhaustion caused by a long journey.
Since he was uninjured, why had he been delayed for so long?
Abruptly.
Luo Chen's intensely aggressive Divine Sense settled upon the flood dragon's head.
"Your soul has been injured?"
Black King lowered his head, looking somewhat dispirited as he exhaled a deep dragon breath. "Master sees clearly. Black King was indeed afflicted by Soul Poison before."
"Soul Poison? Was it the poisonous vapor released by the Purple Monkey Flowers?"
"Yes, precisely."
Upon receiving this answer, Luo Chen instantly went from worry to joy.
Soul Poison capable of injuring Black King's soul could only have been emitted by at least a Fourth-Order Purple Monkey Flower.
And the Purple Monkey Flowers he needed to refine a Nascent Soul Pill had to be at least Fourth Order.
Purple Spirit Island truly possessed what he needed!
Sure enough, Black King's following report confirmed that Fourth-Order Purple Monkey Flowers existed on Purple Spirit Island.
"You've worked hard."
After offering a word of consolation, Luo Chen asked for the specific details and why Black King had returned so late.
"The route marked on that map was generally