The pitiful cries on the large ship upon the lake rang for more than two full hours, yet because Gui Yan had erected the Void Stepping Domain, sights and sounds were isolated from the outside world. Amid the vast, rippling waves, other vessels were also spaced far apart, leaving them unaware of the tragic events unfolding on this inexplicably anchored large ship.
When Gui Yan finished enjoying himself, he finally straightened his garments and strolled leisurely out of the cabin. The woman inside, who had been quite pleasing to the eye, had already lost the last vestiges of her vitality amid mournful cries, dying in the most humiliating manner.
In truth, according to Gui Yan's favorite way of doing things, there was no need to conceal anything at all. The more piercing the woman's screams, the better; the further they traveled, the better. It would have been most wonderful to make everyone on the lake hear them.
Yet now, news of the flower demon seizing the Dao Intent Jade Cicada had not yet spread across the realm, and he still bore heavy suspicion, forcing him to keep a lower profile.
After more than two hours of this tossing about, not a single living soul remained on the large ship. However, for those who had jumped into the water to flee, he changed his tactics. Burning them with Yin fire, he suffocated those people unconscious in the water and imprisoned them within the Void Stepping Domain, only letting these lucky few drift away with the current after he departed.
He released these few living captives precisely to spread rumors.
Before landing on the ship, he had known there were five or six spirit cultivators aboard, and that the female relative was even a hair's breadth away from returning to the elixir