If the destruction of Soul-Bewitching Valley had been a clue Honglu found, with little to do with Lu Zheng, then the Flower Between Clouds Sect had been a lead provided by Lu Zheng.
So, when the Flower Between Clouds Sect was wiped from Southern Frontier, the Light of Luck Lu Zheng gained was anything but small.
Lu Zheng felt that he could now fight the sect master of the Flower Between Clouds Sect and defeat him. Unfortunately, Si Lingxi had not given him that chance. It was still the same unchanging Phoenix Divine Fire, and the opponent had held out for even less time than Monk Caodeng.
"The Flower Between Clouds Sect's master did not fall into Demonic Possession through that old Demon Head's personal intervention either."
On the way back, Si Lingxi toyed with a small finger bone in her hand. The bone was pale, threaded with wisps of jet-black patterns that emanated wave after wave of demonic aura.
"Monk Caodeng had some aspirations. Once he had entered the path of Demonic Art, he destroyed his demonic artifact. This True Person Huaxiang lacked both Dao comprehension and strength of mind. It looked like he had been ready to abandon his humanity completely."
"This demonic aura feels a little familiar?"
Si Lingxi nodded. "Yunyi."
"So that was it. She was already dead." Lu Zheng nodded in understanding.
The owner of this finger-bone Demon Head had been the Demon Head who had previously killed Yunyi, taken over her body, and ambushed Si Lingxi. Si Lingxi had already killed it when she broke the Six Desires Heavenly Devil Array.
"I wonder how many powerful Demonic Beasts remain under the Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor?"
Lu Zheng frowned. "It has only been a few decades since he first appeared in Southern Frontier, yet