On the way back, I also asked about the army sent to quell the rebellion being ambushed. To verify Xia Xiaoyi's account, I searched for Zuo Qiuhan as well, but the outcome was inevitably disappointing. It seemed that Zuo Qiuhan had died after all—otherwise, Kunpeng would not have decided to turn around and return to the main altar of the Jie Sect.
After roughly half a day, I brought Xia Xiaoyi and several Jie Sect immortals who had escaped and become separated from the main force back to the main sect's domain. But just as I was preparing to settle the immortals in, Kunpeng did not stop. Instead, it flew on its own to a domain I had never visited before.
Xia Xiaoyi cried out in surprise. "It's Senior Brother's residence domain!"
I was curious for a moment. Then I patted Kunpeng on the shoulder, and the fellow immediately shattered through the boundary and charged into the domain. It then began circling above a vast estate.
Xia Xiaoyi hurriedly flew down from the estate with me and headed toward the palace complex behind the main hall.
"Could it be that Kunpeng sensed your Senior Brother's fortune, so it didn't stop at the main altar and instead came to the place where his fortune appeared?" I asked curiously.
Once someone died and their path was extinguished, unless they were hiding, as long as they still existed, Kunpeng could find them. So it wasn't only Xia Xiaoyi—even I felt that there might still be hope. Before long, we arrived at Zuo Qiuhan's rear residence. Several female family members hurriedly flew up to receive us. When they saw Xiaoyi, they did not seem surprised; perhaps Xiaoyi often came here.
"Sister-in-law! Has Senior Brother returned!?" Xia Xiaoyi asked urgently.
But one of the women,