A few minutes later.
Xu Guike held Qu Youkong's head in one hand, silver light flickering around his fingers. Though Qu Youkong was unconscious, pain and struggle still flashed across his face from time to time.
A long while passed.
Xu Guike withdrew his hand and flicked out a fireball, burning Qu Youkong's corpse to ashes.
A trace of coldness crossed his face. "Meng Zixing and Meng Qingyi colluded with the Three Sects to surround and kill my grandmaster and master at the wedding banquet. So that was what happened!"
"Damn it! Those two from the Meng Family are already dead. I can't avenge my master with my own hands!"
"As for the Three Sects' nine Core Formation cultivators, Qu Youkong was only the first!"
Several months passed. Li Ping successfully gathered all the materials needed to rebuild the Teleportation Formation, with only the void crystal still unaccounted for.
Space-aspected spirit materials were even rarer than those of other attributes. Thus, even though he was willing to pay a high price, he had not obtained a single lead.
Aside from the void crystal, two other matters caught his attention.
One piece of news came from the Demonic Path's Acacia Sect.
According to the Acacia Sect's public announcement-or, more accurately, its bounty notice-two of its Core Formation True Persons had been killed by the rogue cultivator Li Jingyu. The sect was offering a reward for information about Li Jingyu's whereabouts and location, intending to kill him.
The other piece of news came from Windmist Immortal City.
Qu Youkong, the Purple Cloud Valley Core Formation cultivator stationed in Windmist Immortal City, had been killed. Purple Cloud Valley's higher-ups flew into a thunderous rage. The Three Sects' Core Formation cultivators mobilized together, sealing the border between the Cloudmist Mountains and the Western