Upon hearing Black Grotto's words, the ghostfire in Shen Luo's eyes flickered slightly as he thought to himself, So these fiends had only moved away two days ago?
According to what those two minor demons had said, they had moved to some Black Meng Mountain. Shen Luo pondered for a long time but still could not recall where it was.
"Cough, cough... Enough. Leave the matters here to the underlings. Come back to Black Meng Mountain with me first," Shen Luo ordered after coughing twice.
"Return to Black Meng Mountain? That would be inappropriate, Your Majesty. Before the Venerable withdrew, he instructed me not to leave until all traces of the Blood Pool here had been cleared away," Black Grotto said, hurriedly waving his hands.
"Don't forget, are you the Venerable's subordinate, or mine?" The ghostfire in Shen Luo's eyes contracted as he asked coldly.
Black Grotto was very familiar with that gesture. Whenever the Black Bone King grew angry, he would act like this.
"Yours, of course. Since you say I am to return with you, there must be some urgent matter. This subordinate will naturally accompany you. It's only that, on the Venerable's side..." Black Grotto said hastily.
"You need not concern yourself with that. I will handle it myself," Shen Luo said, his tone softening somewhat.
"As you command," Black Grotto immediately replied.
"Enough. Less nonsense. Go tell those below. We leave at once," Shen Luo said with a wave of his hand.
"Yes."
Black Grotto answered and immediately ran toward a passage on the other side of the hall. After issuing orders inside, he hurried back to Shen Luo's side.
The two returned to the surface one after the other along the stone stairs. On the way, Shen Luo passed the Blood Pool he had seen