"What rotten luck. Who would have thought that little Void Refinement Realm cultivator was a Medicine Sect disciple? Now I can't search his soul to confirm it!"
The Ice Spirit Fairy spat, her face tight with irritation.
She had cultivated in the Spirit Realm for years and had dealt with Medicine Sect disciples before. She knew how cautious the sect was: its disciples all had seals in their seas of consciousness that would detonate if anyone forcibly searched their souls.
With Li Qingyun dead, the Ice Spirit Fairy could do nothing about it.
She swept her divine sense across the surroundings but found no one else.
The Ice Spirit Fairy frowned slightly as an inexplicable restlessness rose in her heart. She had the nagging feeling that she had missed something important.
Before long, several Fusion Realm cultivators appeared at the fire-scorched site.
She moved, crossing ten thousand li to appear there as well.
A wave of icy air instantly enveloped the scorched ground, making the Fusion Realm cultivators shiver.
The cold was almost tangible. It froze the lingering smell of burning in the air into fine frost crystals.
"Greetings, Great Elder!"
The moment they saw the Ice Spirit Fairy arrive, they hurriedly bowed. They bent low, their faces full of reverence.
"Have you found anything?"
The Ice Spirit Fairy's expression remained as still as an ancient well as she gazed at the blackened earth and asked in a deep voice.
Her gaze passed over the glasslike ground, the charred rocks, and the faint traces of fire still lingering in the air as she silently weighed what she saw.
A white-haired elder at the Sixth Layer of the Fusion Realm cupped his fists and gave a bitter smile. "Great Elder, I sensed an astonishing surge of fire and rushed here too.