Few beings in this world could constrain a Body Integration Divine Venerable. Apart from a threat to her cultivation, only the lives of others could be used against her. Wen Xu had dealt with Martial Aunt Jun only a handful of times, but his master had said she was something of an idealist. If she wanted to save people, she would surely favor a way to save both sides.
"Miss Su, do you have any other way to find the people used as Medicine Cauldrons?"
Su Yao was no fool. She knew how to read a face. "You think those Medicine Cauldrons aren't dead? What about all the people in the Hundred Herbs Pavilion? They've all vanished?"
Wen Xu pointed toward the Hundred Herbs Pavilion's Outer Sect disciple, still unconscious in the corner. "Why don't we ask him?"
Bian Chunchou had tended to the disciple earlier that day and knew his condition. "He's in bad shape." Surely he wasn't faking it. I'm a Nascent Soul cultivator, for heaven's sake. How could a Qi Refining disciple fool me?!
"Not a problem. A good enough spirit pill will do."
Wen Xu took out a bottle of Barrier-Breaking Pills. Their effect was to clear the mind and the Spirit Platform, making them just what the disciple needed. The pill worked as soon as he swallowed it, and before long, he slowly woke.
"Fire! A huge fire! Put it out! The flames are everywhere!"
Only after shouting did the disciple realize where he was. "Who... are you?"
Wen Xu held up his sect identity tablet. "Disciples of Yonglu Mountain. We were passing through when we saw the fire at the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, so we came to investigate. Do you know who dared set it ablaze?"
"Yonglu Mountain? Please, seniors, notify the Hehe Sect