Shi Yue chuckled and explained, "Body Integration Cultivators aren't so easy to kill. You saw it yourself—if the Lightning Tribulation Wood hadn't taken a blow for me, he would've nearly killed me. Do you think I didn't want to kill him? I did consider trying at first, but after careful deliberation, I ultimately gave up.
"If we attacked recklessly and he had some astonishing divine ability, then even if we used every trick we had and still couldn't kill him, my identity would be exposed. That would mean all our earlier efforts had gone to waste, and the Immortal Herb Palace wouldn't be able to keep its doors open. Trouble would come one thing after another.
"So I held back. Besides, it's not as if we came away empty-handed. At least we learned about Ning Hongsheng's divine abilities. As it turned out, avoiding a head-on fight with him was the right call.
"Also, the information we gathered was wrong—or, more accurately, Ning Hongsheng had kept some of his abilities hidden. Even the Ning Family's core members didn't know what his true divine abilities were."
When Shi Yue recalled Ning Hongsheng controlling the Golden Thunder Cloud to attack him, a cold sweat broke out across his back.
He was still far from a match for a Body Integration Cultivator. Having destroyed many of the Ning Family's strongholds this time around counted as collecting interest, and that made Shi Yue feel much better.
Once his cultivation improved, he would go after the Ning Family again. The Ning Family was like a gigantic elephant; Shi Yue couldn't kill it in one fell swoop, so he would have to take his time.
"That's true. You're a crafty little devil. Ning Hongsheng had been returning to reinforce them, but instead he walked right into your