Over the next few days, they set their sights on cultivators, Demonic Beasts, and Yin Souls that appeared perfectly normal.
They watched carefully from the shadows, ambushing and assassinating any suspicious targets. The more they killed, the more experience they gained.
They could see through concealed Heretic Cultivators and those who had succumbed to demonic corruption, but they did not slaughter everyone they found. First, they checked whether their targets had committed evil. If they had merely strayed down the wrong path, they left them alone. There was no need to waste their strength.
Whenever they discovered someone guilty of plentiful atrocities, they charged in gleefully.
After clearing out the Heretic Cultivators and Demonic Beasts around Pillowstar Mountain, the three accomplices, having tasted success, dug deeper and expanded their hunting grounds again.
They encountered no tough opponents. This was a grotto-heaven of the Mystic Sect, after all, and no Evil Spirits or Demonic Beasts nearby had grown into serious threats. Hunting them was relatively easy. Between ambushes and assassinations, their prey had no chance to flee.
Before they knew it, they had cleared a vast stretch of land and restored its peace.
Throughout those days, they never forgot to guard against the demonically corrupted old man. Until he was eliminated, he would remain a lurking danger.
Xiao Yu patrolled high in the sky many times, but found no highly threatening targets.
Since Pillowstar Mountain had asked for help clearing out the surrounding Evil Spirits, the old man was probably caught up in something else and could not get away anytime soon.
One day, on Rocky Mountain beyond Pillowstar Mountain's territory, several green stone buildings stood halfway up the slope.
The three friends finally found their prey.
Seven people lived on the mountain. Their target was Sideburns, who concealed himself very