Leaving

Inside Little Thunderclap Temple, Hongfa Honored One laid out the monks' bodies, chanting the Soul Calming Incantation as he worked.

His face was filled with grief—for the monks, and for himself.

From now on, his peaceful life was gone forever. He would follow Li Yuanba and become Li Yuanba's servant, his life and death resting on a single thought from Li Yuanba.

Before death descended, he had shouted for mercy, but it was not only because he feared death.

Of course, fear of death was the most important part of it, but there was another reason: he had discovered that Li Yuanba actually possessed two Spiritual Treasures. Coupled with Li Yuanba's terrifyingly powerful Chaos Sword Intent, he was certain Li Yuanba's future achievements would be dazzling beyond measure.

As he cleaned up the bodies, he collected every Space Item as well. Even though Li Yuanba had given no instructions, he believed this was what he ought to do.

Now that he was Li Yuanba's servant, he had to consider Li Yuanba's interests and make them his top priority.

As the Honored One of Little Thunderclap Temple, he knew the temple's assets perfectly well. After finishing with the bodies, he began collecting Little Thunderclap Temple's possessions.

He even dismantled the already arranged Space Receiving Formation. If Little Thunderclap Temple's Grand Defense Formation had not been difficult to take apart, he might have dismantled that too.

The only body he did not deal with was Ming Fa's body—in other words, the corpse of Bai Yong, the Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.

Bai Yong had died from the eruption of the Spiritual Treasure Ten Thousand Swords Peak. Under the sustained crushing pressure of the Gravity Field, Bai Yong had been directly crushed to death, a death in which both body and soul were