Above the boundless swamp.
Two waves of pressure from Void Refinement Realm cultivators bore down on the Heavens-Escaping Shuttle's protective barrier, heavy as mountains.
The man to the north wore a dingy gray robe. Dark stains marked its hem, whether mud or dried blood, no one could tell.
He had an unusually long face, high cheekbones, and sunken eyes.
Those eyes fixed on the silver-white Flying Boat hovering over the swamp. The greed in his gaze was utterly undisguised.
"An artifact that can cross the Void, yet even a Spirit Transformation Stage ant can control it with ease—" The gray-robed man licked his cracked lips.
"That has to be a rare treasure at the very least, doesn't it?"
As he said "ant," his gaze skimmed over Ji Yuan before settling on Bai Zhan.
Clearly, he did not take Ji Yuan, who was only at Spirit Transformation Early Stage, seriously at all.
Bai Zhan, at the Peak Five Viscera Furnace Realm, warranted a second glance. Nothing more.
For a Void Refinement Cultivator, dealing with a body cultivator in the Five Viscera Furnace Realm was almost laughably easy.
Ji Yuan stood at the bow without a word.
Killing for treasure was commonplace in the cultivation world.
It happened in the Nascent Soul Realm, in the Spirit Transformation Stage, and reaching the Void Refinement Stage changed nothing fundamental.
Void Refinement Cultivators simply stole more valuable treasures and killed stronger people.
The white-robed elder to the south, whisk in hand, frowned at the gray-robed man's words.
With a flick of his wrist, his whisk traced a streak of clear light through the air. He rebuked him with righteous indignation. "The Demonic Dao never changes! You see someone and immediately think of killing them for treasure. Your heads are full of such filthy schemes. How