But I had no interest in using them. When I saw that none of them was Zhang Zhenyun, I released them all at once. Those low-level immortals were moved to tears of gratitude, then slipped into this chaotic land. They probably did not know that this land had long since become a space controlled by a treasure, yet they still lingered, unable to let go.
I was too lazy to explain it to them. Besides, this Carefree Sword Sea still had its uses to me. Since I controlled the Star-Sea Sword Diagram, I could not simply leave it behind. Shaking out the ruined stars inside would consume energy no less than the army Zhang Zhenyun had spent deploying.
After capturing a large number of incorporeal bodies, I found Old Daoist Gan before long. His face was ashen as he looked at me and said, "Fellow Daoist Xia, could it be that Zhang Zhenyun escaped?"
"Mm, he escaped." I smiled and continued scooping up the incorporeal bodies.
Old Daoist Gan immediately put on an expression that seemed to say, See? You really couldn't manage without me, and said, "Fellow Daoist Xia, Zhang Zhenyun is exceedingly cunning. But since he escaped, so be it. I was careless this time and actually let him get drawn into the diagram. Next time, we'll put in more effort. With me here, I'll make sure he won't be able to leave even if he wants to!"
I smiled, then gathered in the cloak. Immediately afterward, I gave it a shake, and a heap of incorporeal bodies shot downward as if escaping from a fishing net. Among them, a fellow in a green Daoist robe, his face full of terror, even planned to flee behind my back. But I pulled him back with a Spirit-Absorbing Art!
"Celestial