After Pei Gu gave the order, a cultivator immediately stepped forward and lightly slapped the crystalline jade outer armor. With no spiritual power protecting it, the armor could not withstand his mana at all. The faceplate shattered at once, revealing the aged face of the Frost Continent elder.
The cultivator seized the Frost Continent elder, golden light flashing in his eyes as it shot straight into the latter's pupils. After a while, he released his grip and let the corpse fall back down.
He rose and said, "Cultivator, this man looked old on the surface, but this body was actually very young. It seemed to have been forcibly matured with some miraculous power."
Pei Gu frowned. The method sounded familiar—was it the technique of the legendary Revival God Association? But he did not concern himself with that for now and asked, "Did you see anything?"
The cultivator shook his head. "Only a small number of memories, all useless things. There was nothing concerning the whereabouts of Frost Continent techniques."
Pei Gu sneered. "They prepared thoroughly enough. Did they think this would let them evade us?"
He gave a signal, and another cultivator stepped forward, pasting a paper talisman onto the Frost Continent elder's forehead. After waiting a moment, a wisp of hazy blue smoke drifted out. It lingered briefly, then turned into a ray of light and shot toward a distant stretch of sky.
Pei Gu shouted, "Follow it."
Even if this body had been forcibly matured, it could not have appeared out of nowhere. There had to be some origin behind it.
He had come under orders to search, and naturally he had made ample preparations. Since the other side had exposed themselves, they could not blame him for following the trail.
Following the direction indicated by the light,