"Exactly," Huang Jiang said. "What Tianning Temple has sealed away is the head of Old Ancestor Yellow Springs. It can also be considered part of the Yellow Springs Inheritance."
Lu Yang asked, "Then where are the rest of the pieces?"
Huang Jiang smiled faintly, a glint flashing in his deep-set eyes. "You've already figured it out, haven't you?"
Lu Yang ventured, "Could they have been sealed away in the Four Great Departments?"
He recalled how Niangniang Rong had attacked the Prison Suppressing Tower of the Heavenly Prison Department, as well as the Demon Extermination Department Treasury.
Before, Lu Yang hadn't known what Niangniang Rong had wanted from those two places.
Now that he thought about it, it had to be parts of Old Ancestor Yellow Springs' body.
Huang Jiang nodded. "Old Ancestor Yellow Springs' left arm was sealed deep within the Prison Suppressing Tower. Niangniang Rong took it a few days ago. His right arm and left leg are sealed in the Demon Slaying Department and our department, respectively, and are safe for now. As for his right leg, it was sealed in the Guard Department, but was stolen a hundred years ago. Looking back, it must have fallen into the hands of that Old Devil as well."
Lu Yang asked, "What about his torso?"
"Unknown," Huang Jiang said. "But in my judgment, there's a very good chance it's also in Niangniang Rong's hands."
At this, Lu Yang felt his heart tighten.
That meant Niangniang Rong might already have Old Ancestor Yellow Springs' torso, right leg, and left arm.
Meanwhile, the old ancestor's head, right arm, and left leg were respectively under guard at Wanlin Prefecture and Tianning Temple.
If she managed to gather the old ancestor's entire corpse, she would likely obtain the complete Yellow Springs Inheritance.
By then,