Back into the Dungeon

Chen Yan slowly descended the dim steps before him, carrying an oil lamp that gave off a faint light.

Then he entered the dungeon.

Although the dungeon was cramped and confined, with little ventilation, there were no unpleasant odors.

That was because Ren Feng was the only Immortal Cultivator currently imprisoned in the Law Pagoda's dungeon.

The dungeon beneath the Law Pagoda on the Luoling Sect's Main Peak held only three kinds of Immortal Cultivators.

The first were those who had committed unforgivable crimes.

The second were those whose cultivation had surpassed the Qi Sea Realm and required particularly close supervision.

The last were those whose cultivation had surpassed the Qi Sea Realm and who had committed unforgivable crimes.

Ren Feng belonged to the third category.

Although the disturbance decades ago had not caused any particularly disastrous consequences within the Luoling Sect, Cong Linshan had still classified the incident as "Internal Strife."

In other words, the gravest charge Ren Feng bore was, in fact, that of being a "traitor."

Ren Feng was a Spirit 통 Realm cultivator.

Once someone's cultivation reached that level, it was virtually impossible for him to give off any body odor.

That was because, starting from the Qi Condensation Realm, Immortal Cultivators drew the energy for their metabolism primarily from true qi, rather than food or anything else.

That was precisely why the dungeon Chen Yan now stood in had no other odors beyond a faint smell of damp and mildew.

Dressed in a pale cyan Daoist robe and holding his oil lamp, Chen Yan slowly approached one of the dungeon's cells.

The faint light from the lamp in his hand illuminated the figure of a middle-aged man imprisoned inside, his hair disheveled and his face covered in patchy stubble.

Under the lamplight, the man's shadow