After Daoist Chu's Primordial Spirit Shadow Reflection returned, he considered for a moment, then released his Primordial Spirit again.
A long while later, having obtained the news he wanted, he rose from his meditation cushion, pushed open the door, and came before another residence. From outside, he asked, "Is Nephew Yu here?"
After a short while, Yu Fu emerged from within and saluted him. "Martial Uncle Chu, if you have business, please come inside and speak."
Daoist Chu nodded and followed Yu Fu into the inner room.
Once they were seated within, Daoist Chu said, "After returning just now, I had been unable to let go of the matter of allowing Pang and Zhao to escape during the day. So I sent out my Shadow Reflection again to make a circuit outside, and happened to learn that those two have already been executed."
Yu Fu showed surprise. Thinking of one possibility, he leaned forward slightly and asked, "Did those two run into fellow cultivators from the Profound Residence?"
Daoist Chu nodded. "Not merely fellow cultivators from the Profound Residence, but that Profound Rectifier Zhang himself."
"No wonder."
Yu Fu relaxed considerably in an instant and said with a smile, "Then our journey can be considered complete. Martial Uncle Chu can finally set your mind at ease."
Yet Daoist Chu shook his head. "The matter is not yet over."
After thinking it over, Yu Fu nodded. "That is true. We must see things through from beginning to end. This journey was to pursue and execute evil cultivators, and also to campaign against Frost Continent. Since Frost Continent has not yet been destroyed, it is indeed too early to say everything is finished."
Daoist Chu said slowly, "The matter of Frost Continent certainly must be concluded, but that is not what I