Inside the ship's cabin.
Seeing Qin Ming looking hesitant and indecisive, Wei Wuyai sighed and said, "Sigh... to be honest with you, Fellow Daoist Qin, there's nothing about this that needs to be hidden from you."
"This Soul Return Pill is requested for use by this sect's Grand Elder—Ancestor Ao."
As he said this, a faint, concealed ripple passed through his emotions. It was not hard to see that this, too, was an utterly helpless measure.
"Ah?!"
Qin Ming opened his mouth wide, pretending to know nothing at all.
"Sigh! Speaking of it, the Grand Elder made such a weighty decision thanks to Fellow Daoist Qin, haha." Wei Wuyai dropped this bombshell, then gave a bitter laugh.
"???"
Hearing this, Qin Ming was completely dumbfounded.
"If Fellow Daoist Qin hadn't warned Alliance Leader Li of the Scattered Alliance, that Third-Grade Demon Vine on Thousand Leaf Island might well have bred a new demonic seed before long."
"After Fellow Daoist Qin's words were relayed back to the sect,"
"Several Second-Order spirit plant masters in our sect consulted historical records concerning Third-Grade spirit plants, together with intelligence materials from Alliance Leader Li's side as corroboration."
"The final conclusion was no different from what Fellow Daoist Qin had said."
"Moreover, the demonic seed will be born within the next five years."
"If it is not dealt with in time, the consequences will be unthinkable."
"With the situation so urgent, Ancestor Ao made this decision as well."
Qin Ming suddenly understood and asked in surprise, "Could it be that Ancestor Ao is preparing to take action and destroy that demon vine?"
"That's right. Not only Ancestor Ao—Ancestor Yuwen of the Spirit Feather Sect and Nalan Zhenren of Azure Sea Immortal City have reached a consensus. The three Golden Core Adepts of the Wei Kingdom"