At the mention of the Demon-Subduing Land, Feng Qi suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, you asked me to investigate Zheng Qilong's whereabouts earlier. I recently found a lead, and as luck would have it, it came from the Demon-Subduing Land. Some Enforcement Hall disciples spotted him near there."
"He's in the Demon-Subduing Land?" A veil of mist clouded Xia Jue's eyes, making his thoughts even harder to fathom.
But for Feng Qi and the others, there was no need to see through such a man.
"Yes, and he still has the Fortune-Transferring Pearl with him. Only, by now, it probably can't be called a Fortune-Transferring Pearl anymore.
"A disciple saw Zheng Qilong use it. It was pitch-black all over, completely shrouded in demonic qi, without so much as a trace of spiritual qi left."
Xia Jue raised an eyebrow. "He's become a demonic cultivator?"
Feng Qi shook his head. "That's the strangest part. He seems to be practicing Demon Spirit dual cultivation now. He can control both spiritual qi and demonic qi."
Xia Jue had been widely knowledgeable since childhood, so the existence of people capable of demon-spirit dual cultivation did not strike him as strange. In his view, however, most who could accomplish it had encountered extraordinary opportunities of their own.
Clearly, Zheng Qilong had also unlocked that ability through some fortuitous encounter.
"What's his cultivation level now?"
At this question, Feng Qi's expression grew solemn. "Nascent soul."
Had anyone familiar with Zheng Qilong been present, they would surely have cried out in astonishment. His entire cultivation journey had lasted only a little over twenty years, yet he had already reached the nascent soul realm?
Even Su Jiu fell far short of that cultivation speed.
More importantly, unlike Su Jiu, he was not exceptionally gifted. His spirit root