Song Wen extended his spiritual sense into Du Hun's storage ring and, sure enough, found the recipe for the Grand Clarity Soul-Nourishing Pill.
The recipe was highly detailed, with thorough annotations on the medicinal herbs, refining methods, medicinal effects, and more.
Song Wen also found and verified all six medicinal herbs Du Hun had mentioned, one by one.
Then, within his sea of consciousness.
Song Wen's formerly icy expression softened, and his harsh, intimidating air of interrogation faded with it.
"It seems you did steal some good things. But why are there only five hundred thousand immortal spirit stones, all low-grade, without so much as a single mid-grade immortal spirit stone?"
Du Hun said, "To strengthen Radiant Light Hall's defensive formation and withstand the evil spirit cultivators' attacks, Profound Lord Danyang had already removed all the mid-grade immortal spirit stones from the treasury. He even requisitioned the ones I owned personally, so naturally there are none in my storage ring. As for the low-grade immortal spirit stones in the treasury, they were stored in chests of five hundred thousand each. Every chest had its own formation seal, and I could only break the seal on one."
"Since you did put your heart into stealing those treasures, I won't torture you. I'll give you a quick death shortly," Song Wen said.
Perhaps because he had heard that his soul was about to be scattered to the winds, Du Hun's face paled, but in the end, he said nothing more.
Song Wen took a few steps over to the prostrate Profound Lord Danyang and kicked him hard twice.
"If you're not dead, get up. I have questions for you."
Some of the golden liquid still clung to Profound Lord Danyang, and his agonized howls continued. He showed no reaction whatsoever to Song