After gathering the spirit herbs, everyone scattered and fled the Demon Beast's cave, whose passages formed a tangled maze.
Yet at the agreed meeting point outside, only Lin Yue appeared, with Wu Liang's Storage Bag hanging conspicuously at her waist.
The outcome spoke for itself.
Clearly, the injured Wu Liang had outlived his usefulness, and that snake-hearted woman had disposed of him along the way.
Beside them, Bai Jin'er looked equally aggrieved.
"Senior Brother Wu Liang was the most well-liked person on our Green Bamboo Peak, and he was generous, too. If he'd died in a Demon Beast's jaws, that would've been one thing, but why did he have to die at the hands of the woman he loved most..."
"Enough, enough!"
Chun Xiaobai irritably cut off their lamenting. "What do we cultivate in the Cultivation World?"
"The heartless Great Dao!"
"At the end of the immortal road, all is emptiness-nothing but a handful of yellow earth!"
"Once you set foot on this road, you have to be ready to die at any moment. No matter whose hands he died at, Wu Liang had only himself to blame for being blind and leaving his brains behind!"
With that, he took the lead, stepping onto the stone stairs that led to the summit of Green Bamboo Peak.
However, just as Chun Xiaobai was about to enter his cave abode, a disciple hurried over from the distance.
He first gave Chun Xiaobai a cautious glance, then turned his gaze to Bai Jin'er. As though he had finally found the intended recipient, he stepped briskly forward, pulled a gleaming golden Command Token from his robes, and offered it to her.
"Senior Sister Bai, Senior Brother Han asked me to give this to you. He said it's an 'Inner Sect Direct Access Token.' With