At Mount Lu's summit, the two exchanged bows in farewell, then each transformed into a streak of light and departed in different directions.
After He Shoufeng returned to the Immortal Garden, he swept his gaze over its center, looking at the old shell Old Mountain Lord had left behind.
A cold smile appeared on his face. "After devouring so much of Mount Lu's Fortune, did you truly think that merely shedding a shell would leave you safe and sound?"
With a flick of his sleeve, a surge of Golden Core Qi instantly swept through the entire medicinal garden, pulverizing every herb on the ground into dust.
He Shoufeng directly drew in the garden's myriad spiritual and medicinal vapors, condensing them into droplets.
He opened his mouth and swallowed them all.
Since Mount Lu had already produced a True Immortal Dancheng, he no longer needed to cherish the things in this medicinal garden.
In any case, before long, he would have a chance to leap out of the cage and spread his wings across the heavens.
Even if the opportunity proved far less favorable than he had imagined, as long as he could gain a thing or two from it, it would be enough for him to return to the Profound Teaching and reclaim the ground he had lost.
Standing in the medicinal garden, He Shoufeng looked around at the vast Mount Lu and muttered with a smile, "Besides, the medicinal herbs in these mountains are hardly comparable to those in my tiny garden."
A burst of laughter rang out, and his figure immediately dispersed, fleeing into an unknown place.
Elsewhere.
After Fang Shu left the mountaintop, he immediately returned to Five Viscera Hall.
This time, he did not alert anyone. Instead, he came to the place within the hall where