In truth, Lu Xiaotian had spent somewhat more time than he had expected. Ban Qianzhi had traveled all the way from the Netherdemon Corpse Grounds to the Chaotic Demon Domain, encountering no small number of dangers along the way. If he had not refined this Blue Abyss Demon Bottle for years and steadily increased his strength, his original power alone would never have been enough to reach the destination safely.
Before even arriving at the Chaotic Demon Domain, however, Ban Qianzhi had already discovered that people were making inquiries about Lu Xiaotian's whereabouts.
After going through quite a few twists and turns, Ban Qianzhi sold the Recording Pearl Lu Xiaotian had entrusted to him.
As for what happened afterward, it was no longer Ban Qianzhi's concern. Following Lu Xiaotian's instructions, once he had sold the Recording Pearl through extremely covert means, Ban Qianzhi stopped paying attention to it, acting as though the pearl's subsequent fate had nothing whatsoever to do with him.
The appearance of this Recording Pearl also stirred up a bloody storm among low-level cultivators.
Ye Qianxun had set a substantial bounty to obtain useful information about Lu Xiaotian. Yet over the years, false reports had far outnumbered genuinely useful ones. Even when occasional news of Lu Xiaotian's whereabouts surfaced, investigations often revealed that the trail had gone cold, wasting a great deal of Ye Qianxun's time for nothing.
The bounty Ye Qianxun had offered alone was enough to provoke battles to the death between Body Integration Cultivators. On an extremely remote island in Eastern Continent, dark clouds blanketed the sky. More than a dozen warships moved among the black clouds, divided into two opposing forces. The roiling killing intent was almost enough to tear the clouds apart.
After a period of pursuit, the two sides finally crashed