The moment a pool of Dark Night Youlian withered, Yunxi sent Ziyan into the lotus pool. Di Fei did not even have time to stop her; her raised hand was still suspended in midair when a shrill scream rang out.
Yunxi narrowed her almond eyes at the flower spirit Ziyan dragged up from the bottom of the pool. The little face was filled with terror as it cried out in despair:
"Immortal Lord, spare my life!"
But in the next instant, it was completely devoured by Ziyan.
Only then did Di Fei lower her hand. Frowning with her lovely brows, she said:
"The flower spirit had already been controlled by an Evil Immortal. I never expected the Evil Immortal to resort to such lowly tricks."
Yunxi sighed.
"Di Fei, I'm afraid all the Dark Night Youlian in Youlian City will have to be destroyed. There is no telling whether those Youlian have been tampered with. Once they bloom again, the same thing may happen, and the two of us may not be there then."
Di Fei gritted her teeth.
"You're right. I'll handle this matter. You should look around elsewhere."
With that, she flashed away from the lotus pool.
Cultivating a single Dark Night Youlian required quite a few Soul Stones. Yet, having lived through the crisis of their city's destruction and watched their companions be devoured by Black Beetles, the ghost cultivators of the city could only grit their teeth and destroy the Dark Night Youlian they had painstakingly cultivated after receiving notice from the City Lord's Mansion. They too feared that Evil Insects would fly out from the Dark Night Youlian when they bloomed again—once bitten by a snake, they feared even a well rope for ten years.
After Difei, the acting City Lord, eliminated the last hidden