After thinking for a moment, Xu Changxing roughly pieced together the whole story.
To revive that unknown Old Devil, the Yin Corpse Sect had secretly infiltrated many minor sects, having their cultivators help collect high-quality corpse pills.
In return, the Yin Corpse Sect would use secret methods to force them to break through.
This was probably the secret behind the successive breakthroughs of the Nine Immortals Sect's master and disciple.
And Zhou Lechi, a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator with a solid foundation, was precisely the material needed for high-quality corpse pills.
No wonder only Second Senior Brother's skeleton remained in the simulation. Someone had cut away his flesh to refine corpse pills.
Hmm, it might not necessarily have been cut away.
Beasts might have gnawed it off, and then Li Hong collected it.
Otherwise, those bones wouldn't have been free of marks from sharp blades.
Second Senior Brother really did die a miserable death in the simulation...
Having worked all this out, Xu Changxing began searching the surroundings for any spoils that might remain.
Unfortunately, he found nothing.
He did not know whether Wu Chuan had brought no storage equipment or whether the battle had been so fierce that his Storage Bag had been slashed apart.
In any case, Wu Chuan had left nothing behind but two charred halves of his corpse.
After a brief hesitation, Xu Changxing put both charred halves into his Storage Bag.
Only then did he turn and walk toward Zhou Lechi.
The battle on Zhou Lechi's side had already ended as well.
When Xu Changxing unleashed the Stunning Sword Strike, Li Hong had been scared out of his wits, and Zhou Lechi had seized the opening to smash his head.
Zhou Lechi paid no attention to Li Hong on the ground. He was gazing at