After Ling Tian told Illusion Dream Fairy and the others of his plan to capture several cultivators from the Heaven, Earth, and Yellow Alliances alive, all three were delighted and agreed without hesitation. Su Ying and Illusion Dream Fairy even offered to bind the prisoners with Soul Locking Divine Silkworm Silk.
"Meng Shang, Sister Su Ying, I don't want anyone else to know about this yet, so try to be discreet when you do it," Ling Tian cautioned. Seeing them nod, he murmured to himself, "You two have bound enemies before, Meng Shang, so no one will suspect a thing. After the battle, I'll have Little One put them away. That way, no one will pay them much attention."
Neither of them objected to Ling Tian's suggestion. They both agreed.
"It's just that searching their souls is a little too cruel," Ling Tian murmured. "It would be nice if we could get the complete secret arts without doing that, but I suppose that's just wishful thinking."
"If you don't want to do these things, just leave them to me, boy. It's not the first time I've done this," Old Man Ling said. He seemed to recall something, and his expression was filled with nostalgia. "Every sect has a few unsavory methods behind the scenes. The old master never liked doing these things, and neither did the young master. Tian'er, you don't like them either, so I took care of them. I've gotten used to it."
"You should be enjoying your retirement now, Elder Ling. Don't do this sort of thing anymore," Ling Tian said. Seeing Elder Ling fall silent, he murmured, "I'll think of another way. There's still plenty of time before the interworld struggle. We just need to take care of this before we return to North Xuan."
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