After some thought, Xiao Fan realized that the conjecture in his mind was destined to remain unanswered...
Xiao Fan questioned Huang Qing in detail, but judging by Huang Qing's responses, he did not know why his clan had ultimately decided against having a Dou Zun elder lead the team and instead placed him in command.
Originally, Huang Qing had thought this was an opportunity his clan had given him because they valued him. But now...
Huang Qing glanced fearfully at Xiao Fan. This mission felt like a bottomless pit. A Peak Dou Zong leading two High-Rank Dou Zong cultivators, and they were supposed to deal with a Venerable?
Had the elder backing Huang Qing not been the one who sent him, he would have suspected someone was trying to use this opportunity to get rid of him...
Yet, looking at his current state, Huang Qing felt it hardly differed from death...
Once he could extract no more useful information from Huang Qing, Xiao Fan paid him no further attention and sealed his soul inside the jade bottle again. Then he looked at the three Heavenly Demon Phoenix Corpses on the deck, a cold glint flashing through his eyes. Heavenly flames roared forth, enveloping the two corpses that had belonged to High-Rank Dou Zong cultivators.
As the heavenly flames continued to burn, the two Heavenly Demon Phoenix corpses steadily shriveled, every impurity within them burned away by Xiao Fan.
After a while, Xiao Fan took out another jade bottle, collecting over a dozen drops of pure heavenly demon phoenix blood essence.
Looking at the blood essence in his hand, Xiao Fan smiled faintly. Heavenly demon phoenix blood essence was good stuff...
Then Xiao Fan took out three drops of blood essence and dripped it onto the two dried Heavenly Demon Phoenix