Yunshan County, the Inspection Office.
A blood-red figure lifted the bewildered man, then opened his mouth and sucked gently. With a slurping sound like someone sucking up noodles, he swallowed the man's fresh soul.
His face was filled with intoxication as he said, "The taste is exquisite."
"The souls of these Inspection Office cultivators are so pure. They truly are a great tonic."
Dozens of corpses lay strewn across the ground beneath his feet.
At that moment, black smoke billowed over and gathered into a human figure.
He gazed at the Inspection Office, which had been reduced almost to ruins, and said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao truly is swift. Not only did you break through the Inspection Office's defensive formation, you didn't spare a single one of those cultivators."
The blood-red figure glanced at him and said, "This sect master has always acted with the force of thunder and the speed of lightning."
"But now that I think of it, why did the County Magistrate bring this woman here? Is she of some use?"
The woman wore a black official's robe embroidered with cloud patterns around the collar and lapels, with a white silk sash around her waist. Unlike in the past, however, her face was wooden and expressionless. Clearly, the County Magistrate had taken control of her.
Yunshan County Magistrate said, "To enter that place, we still need this woman's help."
The blood-red figure narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly said, "Are you certain you can obtain that thing?"
"If this operation fails, I'm afraid the price we pay will be far greater than we imagine."
"Rest assured."
"The entire Yunshan County is under this official's control."
Yunshan County Magistrate spoke calmly.
"That's all I needed to hear."
"But now that I think of it, why is that old fox