Xu Qingtong accepted the Grand Elder position. After the ceremony, he did not stay in the Witch Clan Territory but returned to Cloudsky Peak.
Gong Chu had wanted to return with Xu Qingtong, but Xu Qingtong stopped him.
"Fourth Senior Brother, you're a member of the Witch Clan now, so stay with them for a while! You need to get to know the Witch Clan, and more importantly, let them get to know you! Once some time has passed and you've made some progress in the shamanic arts, you can return to Cloudsky Peak!"
After returning to Cloudsky Peak, Xu Qingtong handed the beast hide Si Yuanzhi had given him to his incarnation, then went to the forbidden grounds on the Back Mountain.
Inside the cave abode in the forbidden grounds, the flesh lingzhi had absorbed the bodies of more than ten Golden Core ghost cultivators in succession. It had grown as large as a pot lid, and its color had turned scarlet gold.
Xu Qingtong summoned the Evil-Slaying Sword and cut away the flesh lingzhi, leaving only a palm-sized piece. Then he took out Leng Yuan's body, removed the seal on it, and tossed it into the stone pit used to feed the flesh lingzhi.
He called Xizi out and left Xizi there, then returned alone to his own cave abode.
After absorbing all the energy from the mysterious crystal stone, the flesh lingzhi inside the Seven-Star Bracelet had also grown to fill the stone basin.
He now had ample flesh lingzhi and had also requested plenty of auxiliary materials from the Witch Clan Territory. When the Witch Clan wiped out the ghost cultivators, they had seized vast quantities of spirit medicines and spirit herbs from the Azure Sea Gate and Biluozong. Now, all those herbs had gone into