Feng He's abduction of Huang Xiao had, by a lucky fluke, brought Huang Xiao quite a few benefits.
Shi Hen was happy for Huang Xiao as well. The more of such good things, the better.
"It was all thanks to the aura of the Longevity Pill. Otherwise, when I encountered Chao Hun on my way back from Imperial Remnant Manor to the Heavenly Demon Hall, things would probably have ended badly," Huang Xiao said.
"Chao Hun?" Shi Hen frowned slightly. "The Mixed Demon Sect Master, the Chao Hun who killed Lou Feishang?"
Huang Xiao nodded. "I more or less wiped out his Mixed Demon Sect, so the enmity ran deep. Afterward, I relied on the Longevity Pill's aura to keep healing my injuries and held out until the Patriarch and the others arrived."
"That was luck, too," Shi Hen said with some feeling.
He did not ask what had happened to Chao Hun. There was really no need; he knew Chao Hun must have died a terrible death on the spot.
How could Huo Lian have spared someone who dared try to kill Huang Xiao?
"The Ancestor of Imperial Remnant Manor has come back to life. Do you know anything about that?" Shi Hen asked.
Huang Xiao shook his head, then immediately nodded. "I only heard about it. I didn't witness her revival myself. Senior Hall Master had me leave ahead of him. She probably absorbed that last Half a Longevity Pill."
"To think Imperial Remnant Manor's schemes ran so deep. The aura within that False Tortoise Shell Inscription was actually a real Longevity Pill. It was only right that they obtained it," Shi Hen sighed. "While I'm here at the Heavenly Demon Hall, you may come to me whenever you have questions about cultivation methods. But let's set that