Deliberations in the Grand Hall

If it had merely been a family feud, then it would have been dogs biting dogs. No matter how miserably these people died, Luo Hong would not have felt any pity.

But the situation at hand clearly showed that the Sima Family was systematically using living people to refine artifacts.

As fellow humans, Luo Hong found it difficult to accept the sight of his own kind being slaughtered like livestock before his eyes.

This had nothing to do with acquired notions of good and evil, but stemmed from an innate instinctive disgust.

After only a brief hesitation, Luo Hong darkened his expression and extended his right hand. With a grasp through the air, he immediately tore open the door of a prison cell with Universe Power.

Then, with a slight turn of his palm, a figure was swiftly pulled toward him from afar.

Even though this man's face was currently twisted in agony, his appearance and cultivation still revealed him to be a direct descendant of a major Cultivation Family.

However, Luo Hong had chosen to save him only because he had cultivated a body-tempering art and could hold on longer than the others.

With a turn of his sword fingers, Luo Hong drew a Spirit Soothing Talisman and decisively slapped it onto the man's forehead, immediately suppressing the turbulent qi and blood within him.

Then, he casually tossed the man to the ground and stepped through the stone wall into the Stone Room.

Inside the Stone Room, one of the three Sima Family Formation Masters was rising to his feet. He seemed to have noticed something unusual outside and was preparing to investigate.

At that moment, he happened to see Luo Hong pass through the wall. His body couldn't help but freeze halfway, leaving him in an awkward posture