His first reaction to this bizarre change was still to suspect that the Beast Taming Sect was secretly up to something.
After all, Feng Fei and the others who had fled were completely unaffected.
Yet the spirit beasts dispatched by the Beast Taming Sect had begun having problems just as success seemed within reach.
No matter how one looked at it, the matter reeked of strangeness and sinister oddity.
Though doubts filled his heart, Yu Qingzi had intended to speak up and question them again.
However, when his gaze fell on Kong Qing and the others, seeing their ugly expressions, the words of accusation lodged in his throat in the end, never spoken.
Drawing a deep breath and pondering briefly, he immediately asked, "Sect Master Kong, what are your plans next?"
"If we delay any longer and these people vanish, it will be exceedingly difficult to find them again in the vast Endless Sea."
"The lives and deaths of the others do not matter and are of no importance. But Su Shi'er's disciple, that little girl named Feng Fei, absolutely... cannot be allowed to leave safely!!!"
As the words fell, two piercing glints burst from Yu Qingzi's eyes, cutting through wave after surging wave and locking onto Feng Fei's ever-shrinking figure.
As a member of the Great Zhao Dynasty, he too had ambitions of his own.
After scheming and striving for many years, he had always sought a way to enter the dynasty's inner circle.
And this was an opportunity visible to the naked eye.
"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Yu Qingzi. None of them will escape today."
Kong Qing frowned deeply, his voice brimming with ruthlessness.
The moment he finished speaking, ten top-grade Spirit Stones swiftly appeared in his hand.
"Hmm? Sect Master, are you planning to... use top-grade Spirit