The prisoner trade went fairly smoothly. With the winding exit through the Hidden Mountain Domain, it was difficult for them to cause trouble even if they wanted to. However, that old man from Wufeng City ultimately had no intention of letting me off easily.
At the final moment, when the money was handed over and the goods delivered, the old man appeared at the trading site without anyone noticing. This old man, known as the Wind Ghost in Wufeng City, was as elusive as a ghost, appearing behind me in an instant.
"You were quite happy collecting the money, junior, weren't you? Today, this old man will also have your people ransom you!" The Wind Ghost struck in a flash, placing his hand directly on my shoulder.
Although I was startled, I still laughed freely and said, "Wind Ghost, if you'd come to capture me two days earlier, there might have been a high chance of succeeding. But coming today, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you."
Bang!
"You want to take something from my hands..." But before he could finish speaking, my sonic-boom technique had already carried me far away. When he saw me immediately point a finger at him, he hurriedly flashed to the right in alarm.
I hadn't wasted those few days, either. Someone else had naturally been eager to worry about the prisoners, so I had devoted all that time to cultivation. In the Hidden Water Domain, I had successfully tempered my Nascent Soul into divine transformation and broken through to the Divine Transformation Realm.
This had been a natural progression. The greatest function of the Hidden Water Domain was tempering the Nascent Soul, while the most crucial thing for a divine-transformation Nascent Soul was to strengthen it another step. Here, as long as one let