Seeing the Kai Ming Beast suddenly drop to its knees, Ye Tian looked in the direction of the voice as well. There, a man wreathed in flames stood proudly in midair, his expression somewhat displeased as he looked down at the kneeling Kai Ming Beast.
The Fire Ancestor Witch was already here, so the blood pearl would likely be impossible to take away. Ye Tian cupped his fists toward Zhu Rong and said, "I have urgent matters to attend to, so I will not disturb you two. Farewell." As he spoke, he tried to leave, only to find his body already stiff and impossible to move.
Ye Tian looked at Zhu Rong and asked, "May I ask what business you have with me, fellow Daoist?"
Zhu Rong looked at Ye Tian, his divine sense sweeping over him in an instant, yet he found nothing suspicious. His gaze then shifted to the Kai Ming Beast.
The Kai Ming Beast shuddered from head to toe and recounted the entire sequence of events in full detail. To Zhu Rong, most of it was utterly ordinary. Only upon hearing of the Wood Ancestor Witch's death did his expression change slightly, and the way he looked at Ye Tian began to differ. Ye Tian could not say exactly how it differed.
But Zhu Rong had already spoken to him. "Open your sea of consciousness. I need to look for something."
Ye Tian had originally thought that, at worst, he could agree to do Zhu Rong a favor or surrender some of his own benefits. After all, as one of the Twelve Ancestral Shamans, Zhu Rong seemed to lack nothing. It would be enough to show him sufficient respect, and there should have been nothing requiring Zhu Rong to reach out and take from him.
However,