As this thought flashed through his mind, Gong Xingshan sent a message to Commander Lord Feng Canghai.
"Commander Lord, I wish to resign from my position as a patrol officer. I ask that you grant your approval."
After quite a while, Feng Canghai's reply finally arrived.
"Fine. But we've already clashed with the ancient demons. There are four ancient demons here in total. You must first cooperate with us to kill them and eradicate this ancient demon tribe before you can resign."
"Alright."
After giving it some thought, Gong Xingshan agreed to Commander Feng's proposal.
The ancient demons varied in strength, but overall, they were comparable to cultivators in the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
With only four ancient demons, half a day should be enough to deal with them.
Half a day later, at the entrance to Shuitian Stream.
Estimating that the time was about right, Xu Chunniang recalled her roaming divine soul and waited quietly for Elder Gong's arrival.
Yet after the time it took an incense stick to burn, not only was there no sign of Elder Gong, but the message she sent him had also vanished like a stone sinking into the sea, with no reply at all.
Elder Gong had always been meticulous in his dealings. He would never fail to respond for no reason. Could something have happened to him?
A flicker of unrest crossed Xu Chunniang's eyes as her divine sense surged through the mountain stream, covering all of Shuitian Stream in an instant.
Her divine sense swept through Shuitian Stream twice before she finally discovered something within a stretch of woodland.
Xu Chunniang's figure shifted slightly, and she stepped into the forest.
The woods were in complete disarray, littered with broken trees and shattered rubble. A faint scent of blood still lingered in the