Within the mountain-belly dungeon, several dozen people were still imprisoned. Though they were not Divine Generals, every one of them had some standing. Most were disciples of great clans, such as the eldest young master of the Han Family of Oxhead Mountain. There were even several disciples from the major human temples of the Sky-Piercing Realm who had gone out to train, including one disciple of the Star Emperor Temple.
Those kidnapped and thrown into the dungeon were all tools Dark Emperor Temple used to expand its territory and pursue certain shadowy interests.
Take the disciples of those various clans, for instance. Once they were made useful to Dark Emperor Temple, the temple could gradually gnaw away at that clan's influence and territory through all manner of means. As for the disciples of the various temples, they might know certain secret information from within their temples, or be connected to some important figures there. Dark Emperor Temple was extremely interested in such things. Once these people fell into Dark Emperor Temple's hands, their ultimate fate would either be to have leverage held over them and be coerced or enticed into betraying their own temples, or to be silenced after key information had been extracted from them. Neither outcome was pleasant.
The fact that these people were still being held in Dark Emperor Temple's dungeon also showed from another angle that Golden Soul Talisman Poison was indeed difficult to produce. The limited supply of Golden Soul Talisman Poison was all used by Dark Emperor Temple to control experts at the Divine General level.
After the Yin-Yang Sect Divine Generals had left, Zhang Tie returned to the dungeon and, in the blink of an eye, opened every cell holding these people.
The dungeon doors had been opened, yet the people inside looked