Song Wen asked, "Since Six Baleful Hall has Integrated Body Realm Cultivators stationed there, why do you live alone outside?"
Ji Lin said, "Who doesn't have secrets they don't want outsiders to know? Yet to keep this little secret, I ended up losing my life."
Song Wen said, "Now I'm rather curious. What secret could it be?"
Ji Lin said, "A secret art that can rapidly replenish essence blood. It is in my storage ring."
Song Wen immediately lost interest. Such a secret art might hold immeasurable value for others, but it was utterly useless to him.
"Are there other Void Refinement cultivators in Six Baleful Hall who, like you, live alone outside?"
Ji Lin said, "I don't know whether there are. How could a secret concerning one's own safety be casually revealed to others?"
"The Divine Blood Sect and the three major sects of Southern Nether Province are like fire and water. Six Baleful Hall has only two Integrated Body Realm Cultivators, yet you still dare to slaughter mortals on such a grand scale. Aren't you afraid of exposing your whereabouts and drawing the three major sects' purge?" Song Wen asked.
"The three major sects?" A mocking smile appeared on Ji Lin's face. "They are not as upright as you imagine. The three major sects have long reached an understanding with the Divine Blood Sect. So long as Six Baleful Hall's people do not venture into the heartland of Southern Nether Province, they will not come near the Source-Qi Death Domain to trouble us. The well water does not offend the river water."
Upon hearing this, Song Wen fell silent for a moment before stirring the black hole in his sea of consciousness and devouring Ji Lin's soul.
With Fuliang's soul remaining, the people of Six Baleful Hall might