"Once they return, they must be given a small punishment," Giant God Ghost Venerable said, somewhat displeased.
Mu Taiqing, however, did not mind. "Haha, it's a small matter. My former subordinates were the same. I've long since grown used to it."
After some slightly awkward conversation, neither side spoke again.
To them, the passage of time was no more than the blink of an eye. In the twinkling of an eye, five days had passed.
Over these five days, the other ghost generals had successively delivered another batch of Heavenly Nourishment Essence to Dihai Grotto.
This brought the amount of Heavenly Nourishment Essence close to the ten thousand jin Mu Taiqing had demanded, causing his face to gradually blossom with joy.
However, Taotie Ghost Venerable and Giant God Ghost Venerable could not bring themselves to be happy.
First, among the fourteen Great Ascension Stage Ghost Venerables, Ghost Venerable Dao Ming was missing.
Second, Ghost Venerable Heluo, whom they had sent out to handle matters for them, should have returned early after dealing with such trivial affairs. Yet even now, he had not come back.
Three days earlier, Taotie Ghost Venerable had sent out another Ghost Venerable expert. Yet who would have thought that this Great Ascension Stage Ghost Venerable, too, would vanish without return? Not only had he failed to find any trace of Ghost Venerable Heluo, he himself had disappeared as well.
"Brother Mu, Brother Jushin. My two subordinates left and still have not returned. It seems something truly has gone wrong. I will go take a look and see whether the two encountered some foul harm. After all, within human territory, some human experts are bound to appear..." Taotie Ghost Venerable said in a deep voice.
Mu Taiqing did not stop him. "Those two have been gone for