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"Yes, we shall obey the Young Master's command!"
The four cultivators answered in unison. Their figures flashed, then blurred and vanished amid the ripples.
When they appeared again, they had already taken up positions five hundred zhang before Qin Fengming, forming an arrowhead formation.
Seeing the four men appear, Qin Fengming and Si Rong both revealed startled expressions.
There was no shortage of powerful guards around Liu Xiangfei. When everyone first flew back, the four cultivators who had stood at his sides had consisted of two late Profound Spirit cultivators and two peak Profound Spirit cultivators.
Yet the four who had appeared at his command this time were merely at the peak Divine Connection stage.
The four Divine Connection cultivators appeared with calm, composed faces, not revealing the slightest trace of fear or worry. It seemed they had no concern whatsoever for the terrifying aura emanating from Qin Fengming.
"These four aren't true cultivators at all. They're extremely sophisticated corpse puppets—and Heart-Connected Corpse Puppets at that! Moreover, a kind of illusory aura has been sealed within these four corpse puppets, allowing them to display only the aura of the peak Divine Connection stage. Their true strength should be that of four late Profound Spirit-stage corpse puppets."
Blue light suddenly flashed in Qin Fengming's eyes, and his deep voice rang out across the scene.
"Oh? Do you possess some kind of spirit-eye talent, or have you cultivated a powerful spirit-eye divine ability? Otherwise, even a Mahayana cultivator couldn't possibly see through the identities of Liu's four corpse puppets at a glance."
As Qin Fengming spoke, Liu Xiangfei's astonished exclamation rang out as well.
At those words, Si Rong, standing in the distance, suddenly widened her eyes.
She had naturally examined the young cultivator's several followers carefully earlier, but she had