Lintian City, Spirit Branch Hall.
A guard whispered to his teammate, "Have you heard?"
His teammate asked, "Heard what?"
The guard said, "About that soul beast that transformed into human form!"
His teammate said, "Wasn't she sent to the Holy City? What could have happened?"
The guard said, "That's what you don't know! This one isn't just a soul beast that took human form—she's also that legendary person's woman."
His teammate looked confused. "Which person?"
The guard shot his teammate a disdainful look. "In this world, aside from him, who else deserves to be called a legend?"
His teammate suddenly understood. "You mean Wang Sheng, the one who hasn't appeared in years!"
The guard nodded, his face full of worry. "Yes, him."
His teammate was shocked. "If he finds out, won't rivers of blood flow?"
He still remembered how Wang Sheng had wiped out several major branch halls of Spirit Hall back then. Soul masters alone had died by the full hundred.
Now that several years had passed, his strength was bound to be even greater. If he went mad again... it probably would not be limited to just a few branch halls this time.
The guard gave a bitter smile. "You finally realized it... But have you thought about this? She was captured in our city... If that man really wants to investigate, he'll find out the moment he looks into it... because this was the first city she entered after leaving the Star Dou Great Forest."
His teammate's face filled with terror, and even his words started to stammer. "Y-you-you'd better not scare me! Will he really come?"
The guard said, "If something really happened to that soul beast, do you think he would let this place go, when this is where everything began? Taking a step back,