Song Yunxiao's eyes brimmed with joy. He had won his first battle, and this was the first time he had slain Spirit Transmutation cultivators. He owed it all to the cultivation technique his master, Shi Yue, had passed down to him. It had greatly increased his combat strength; otherwise, he could never have killed five Spirit Transmutation cultivators so quickly.
He swooped down to the ground and collected the Storage Rings of the five Spirit Transmutation cultivators.
"If you dare oppose the Immortal Herb Palace, this is what happens. Let's go! We'll return and report in!"
They flew back the way they had come. A little over an hour later, they returned to their original location, but Qu Zhifeng and the others were nowhere to be seen.
Half a day later, Qu Zhifeng and the others finally returned. Their brows were furrowed. They had killed one Body Integration cultivator and several Void Refining cultivators, but the Evil Cultivators had placed restrictions on their Nascent Souls. Before they could search their souls for information, the Nascent Souls had self-destructed.
Their methods made it clear that someone had put them up to it.
"How did it go? Are you all right?" Qu Zhifeng asked casually.
Song Yunxiao shook his head. "I'm fine. I killed them and recovered some of the goods."
"Ancestor, Fellow Daoist Song killed five Spirit Transmutation cultivators all by himself." A member of the Qu Family briefly recounted what had happened.
Qu Zhifeng was somewhat surprised. Only somewhat—after all, Song Yunxiao came from the Immortal Herb Palace.
If a member of the Qu Family had killed five Spirit Transmutation cultivators, Qu Zhifeng would have been overjoyed and made a point of nurturing that clan member.
"Let's go back first. They haven't escaped Nine Bends Star. We'll turn the place