Rong Luan never got to wait for her soul to dissipate naturally.
Her soul was devoured by Song Wen's Sea of Consciousness Black Hole.
After disposing of Rong Luan, Song Wen began cleaning up the battlefield.
Unfortunately, he found only one storage ring, which belonged to Rong Luan.
As for the storage rings belonging to Jade Bone and the others, Rong Luan had believed her death was imminent and held nothing back. During the fierce battle, she had destroyed their storage rings as well, and the treasures inside had naturally gone up in smoke with them.
Then Song Wen turned into a streak of light and swiftly vanished into the distant sky.
After making certain no one was following him, Song Wen returned to the Leng Residence.
As soon as he returned to the small courtyard where he cultivated in seclusion, he summoned Leng Qingying and sent her to the Floating Dust Market to gather information.
Song Wen's original intention was to have Leng Qingying investigate the impact of his battle with Rong Luan and the reactions of the various factions.
But he did not want to expose his involvement, so he did not say so explicitly.
After Leng Qingying departed with her orders, Song Wen took out Rong Luan's storage ring and began taking stock.
The treasures and spirit stones in the storage ring were far fewer than Song Wen had expected.
Song Wen surmised that this might have something to do with the Ten-Directions Annihilation Formation and the Devouring Essence Array.
Rong Luan must have paid a considerable price to set up those two great formations.
Still, Rong Luan had been a Mahayana-stage cultivator. Even after spending more than half her wealth, she had an enormous quantity of treasures and spirit stones left.
There were more than