Chen Domain.
Dragon-Herding Kingdom.
At this moment, in a range of mountains covered in dense forest not far from the Star Gate, dozens of people were constantly moving back and forth, searching for something.
A man with Primordial Spirit cultivation could vaguely be seen directing them while shouting repeatedly, "Don't let that area off either! Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must capture that fugitive and bring him back. Otherwise, where will I, Qin Li, put my face!?"
"Commander, if we'd known this little bastard would dare to run, we should have killed them beforehand. They had barely any value left anyway. Killing them would have saved us the trouble."
At that moment, another voice came from nearby.
It was clearly a Spirit Transformation cultivator with a flying sword strapped to his back.
"You think I don't want to save myself the trouble? These people were personally ordered by the Palace Master to be arrested. No matter how insignificant they are—even if the Palace Master may have already forgotten they exist—as long as he hasn't given instructions on how to deal with them, we can't kill them."
Qin Li spoke irritably.
"Can't you mention it to the Palace Master, Commander? I heard that you and the Palace Master once belonged to the Purgatory Sect. He was an elder of the Purgatory Sect, while you were its vice-sect master. You seem to have had quite a close relationship. You should be able to meet the great Palace Master directly, shouldn't you?"
Another Spirit Transformation cultivator came over ingratiatingly, his face filled with envy.
"Of course! Let me tell you, before the Palace Master attained the realm of an Immortal Who Remains in the World and shook the world with his might, I helped him several