Ye Chuqi, however, did not think it would come to that. Inside the beast core Yan Jiu had brought back, the beast soul had already taken shape and was even fully lucid. Although Yan Jiu had beaten it beyond any recognizable beastly shape, it seemed quite happy to have escaped the Lu Family's pursuit. Especially after entering Ye Chuqi's space, it acted as though it had found where it belonged, all but desperate to put down roots there. Along the way, it had also told her everything it knew about the Lu Family and that old man.
That was how Ye Chuqi learned that these people had come here in secret. Officially, no one knew a thing. The old man from the Lu Family was deeply suspicious by nature, and everyone he brought with him was a trusted subordinate who obeyed his orders. The Lu Family had no idea he had traveled this far.
The main problem was that the old man had never expected this high-rank magic beast to have so much vitality left. Even after being tormented by the beast soul cultivation method for so long, it had managed to flee this far. The more vigorous it was, the stronger it must be; the harder it resisted the beast soul cultivation method, the greater its potential. Naturally, he could not give up on it.
What he had not expected was that, during the pursuit, someone would snatch the high-rank magic beast out from under him, and he and his men would meet their end here as well.
Since the Lu Family did not know they had come this way, Ye Chuqi and Yan Jiu could erase their tracks later and lay a few false trails to fool the family. Even if they discovered the men were missing, they