The enchantress ultimately did not take the Sea Heart Flame.
Having devoured a Dou Zun soul and destroyed nearly all the Black List experts of the Black Corner Region, even with her abilities, she had no choice but to retreat before Xiao Yan, who had Old Man Yao's assistance.
Though they had not fought, the two still missed each other once again.
As Xiao Yan refined the two Heavenly Flames, his cultivation rose rapidly, while Hun Ruoruo left the Northwest Region and headed alone for the Central Continent.
Before long, several rumors began circulating throughout the Central Continent.
Old Man Mu Gu, an Eighth-grade Alchemist, had mysteriously disappeared. Venerable Qinghai, one of the branch hall's overseers, had died suddenly, his soul drained completely clean along with him.
The fall of a Dou Zun-level expert, especially one from the Soul Hall, was undoubtedly a shocking event. As the branch hall master, Old Ghost Star-Picking naturally could not stand idly by. He personally stepped in and issued the Soul Hall's highest-level kill order.
The melody of a flute was mournful, its notes drawn-out and impassioned.
The girl leaned against the window, her lips moving and slender fingers dancing. The tune sounded like a weeping lament, startling flocks of birds into circling overhead.
Knock, knock!
A knock sounded at the door. The haziness in the girl's eyes quietly receded. She set down her jade flute and revealed an unfathomable smile.
"Come in," she said with a giggle, as though someone else had been playing the tune moments ago.
The next moment, the wooden door opened, and a stiff man in a black robe entered. He respectfully knelt on the floor. "Miss, news from the Soul Hall has arrived."
His voice was low, and his head was deeply bowed, as though suppressing some unknown