Duan Xiang deserved to die. He had simply failed to realize what would happen to a broker who could no longer bear the weight of both sides and had exposed the channel connecting them.
Now that his body had been destroyed while his soul remained, he had spilled more than enough information before utterly collapsing under Guiyan's heavenly-demon methods. This included secrets of old channels, involving many figures who wore solemn faces but were thieves by day and prostitutes by night. If all of it were poured out at once, it could truly stir up a monstrous uproar throughout the cultivation world.
Yet Yu Ci cared more about the matter at hand.
Duan Xiang had not provided much information on this matter, either. The other side had kept things from him as well, only putting forth a few people in a deliberate effort to lead his gaze astray—the very people watching from Azure Sky Domain.
Duan Xiang had not probed too deeply. In a certain sense, he had still observed the rules of doing dirty work: what should not be asked about was not asked about.
Yu Ci was very dissatisfied with this scant information. He did not care about any Madam Flower or Madam Grass, but he knew that this particular person had close ties of cooperation with Wuyu. The continued existence of the Supreme Clarity lineage in the southern lands also depended heavily on this person. Even for Old Mr. Zhu's sake, he ought to pay attention.
Apart from the possible impact on Wuyu and the others, a force that deliberately sought to use "Guiyan" as a shield was more or less a threat. That would not change whether Guiyan himself was involved or not.
After flying several li, he saw behind him the strange bird that had