Long Lin and the elders of the Beast Taming Hall descended from the sky with trepidation and greeted Lin Bai, restrained and obedient.
Lin Bai ignored them. His first order was for Xin Shang and the others to organize their sects' disciples and search for Bu Bei, who was hiding among them. After all their frantic efforts, however, they failed to find so much as a hair of his.
Thinking about it, that was only natural. Since Bu Bei was hailed as the foremost expert in the Spirit Transformation Realm, he hardly deserved the title if he lacked the ability to move unseen and conceal his tracks.
Besides.
Most cultivation sects were established amid towering mountains and dense forests. If Bu Bei escaped through the wooded mountains, even someone with senses as sharp as Lin Bai's might not spot him.
Since he could not find him, Lin Bai did not insist.
What was destined to be his would be his. It could not escape even if it ran.
The attack on the Beast Taming Hall had already brought considerable rewards. Originally, Lin Bai had only wanted to conquer it, find Little Fox a suitable cultivation method, and continue the pet system's quests. Instead, he had not only conquered the Beast Taming Hall but unexpectedly acquired Sword Immortal Cangming and completed the card system's quest.
On top of that, he had picked up Jian Shijiu, a prodigy of the Heavenly Sword Sect. It was quite a bumper harvest.
When the others brought back the unconscious Jian Shijiu, Lin Bai paid no heed to the threats from the Heavenly Sword Sect prodigies who had escaped.
With a silver Card, he unceremoniously recruited him as a bodyguard.
When released again, poor Jian Shijiu had become a muddleheaded puppet, while numerous marvelous sword moves