Master and Disciple Turn Against Each Other

Scorched by True Astral Yang Fire, Su Hongxiu broke free of an invisible restraint and briefly regained her own will. She spoke from the heart.

It seemed Su Hongxiu was another poor soul Hua Qianxiong had exploited.

Su Hongxiu pulled out a peculiar black brocade pouch with her left hand and held it out to Xie An. She struggled to speak, but the Astral Flame burning her left her unable to make a sound.

Soon, Su Hongxiu had burned down to a stinking heap of flesh. Scattered embers of yang poison still flickered over it.

The Astral Baleful Force Art really did work wonders against Specters!

Xie An had no time to grieve. He immediately called to Chen Mo, "The bundle!"

Chen Mo knew how important it was to Xie An and promptly tossed it over.

Xie An thrust his hand into the bundle and frantically drew in the Five-Elemental Poisons inside.

The filthy water and tainted earth it held were highly refined Five-Poison Essence, dense with poison. In just a few breaths, Xie An's five organs had taken in their fill of the Five-Elemental Poisons.

When he looked up, Hua Qianxiong had already limped more than ten meters away. Clutching a female-shaped Yin Cloth Doll, he stared at Xie An in shock.

Granny Gu had made the Yin Cloth Doll from Su Hongxiu's blood and soul. It was more than a means of locating her; it was an instrument for controlling her.

Hua Qianxiong had brought Su Hongxiu along when he came to Li Family Village that day.

But with so many people around earlier, he could not command her openly without exposing the fact that a dignified Daoist master of Returning Dragon Abbey controlled a Specter. So he had kept Su Hongxiu several miles away.

When Hua Qianxiong