As Qin Fengming and his senior brother, Poison Dragon Ascendant, were plotting to annihilate the people of Divine Vulture Sect, quite a number of Core Formation cultivators had gathered at the entrance where Qin Fengming had first entered the Sky Flame Mountain Range.
Among these cultivators, a group dressed in the robes of Manghuang Mountain sat peacefully halfway up a mountain.
There were three to four hundred of these cultivators. Although their numbers were considerable, they were still a full third fewer than the number who had entered the mountain range ten years ago.
Although nearly a third of Manghuang Mountain's Core Formation cultivators had yet to appear, this ratio was still considerably higher than that of the cultivators who had survived from the many other sects. In fact, fewer than half of those sects still had anyone remaining.
Above the Core Formation cultivators sitting cross-legged on the mountainside, several Nascent Soul cultivators were also seated cross-legged. All of these Nascent Soul cultivators were at the mid Nascent Soul stage, except for one who had already reached the realm of a late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator.
This Great Cultivator was none other than Manghuang Mountain's Puppet Grandmaster, Zhuang Daoqin.
After waiting for several days, no sign of Manghuang Mountain's young master, Qin Fengming, had appeared at the exit of the Sky Flame Mountain Range. This left Zhuang Daoqin greatly puzzled.
Zhuang Daoqin was not the slightest bit worried about Qin Fengming's life or death. When Qin Fengming had left Manghuang Mountain, the life-and-death spell had already been cast within his body. As long as that spell did not manifest, it meant he was still alive.
"Martial Uncle Zhuang, there's no need to worry about Junior Disciple Brother. The Sky Flame Mountain Range will remain closed for a full month. Since