Wu Family Back Residence.
Only a pitch-black mire remained inside the house. The tables, chairs, and wooden bed that had originally filled the room had all been corroded into the black mud. Standing at the doorway, one could clearly see the faces within, biting and tearing at random.
Zhang Junwei's face was among them.
She had lost her initial madness by now. Under the life-or-death biting of those Completely Mad Brains, she too had suffered grave injuries. If not for the protection of the River of Rebirth, she would likely have already fallen long ago. The nineteen heads that had entered the Wu Family with her as part of her dowry now scurried wildly through the black mud like drowned dogs.
"Though the method is somewhat crooked, the results are unexpectedly good."
Family Head Wu stood at the door and observed for quite some time. Only after confirming that the black mud would not spread any farther did the stone hanging over his heart finally fall.
With the Wu Family's influence, investigating Chen Luo's origins was no more than a matter of a word.
Chen Luo had not concealed his identity when he came this time, either. His background in the Immortal Realm was extremely clean. Apart from having pulled off one job at the Skeleton Sect, there were no records of him anywhere else.
"A newly promoted elder of the Feathered Immortal Sect."
Family Head Wu muttered to himself, raised his hand to close the wooden door, and began repairing the great formation outside. Darkness enveloped the entire room. Within the jet-black sludge, Zhang Junwei's vacant face suddenly opened her eyes.
The deathly still river water surged once more. The sound of rushing water appeared in the void. Upstream along the tributary, even more river water came pouring down.