After hearing what the other party had to say, Gong Chenying nodded in agreement almost without hesitation.
"No problem. Senior, you are no indiscriminate killer. How could we betray your trust?
"But can we leave immediately once my junior brother arrives? Or will we need to search this place further first? That may make the timing uncertain. As I told you earlier, Senior, we came here to find someone!"
"Of course I know why you came. There is no need to repeat yourself. In fact, there is a Human Race cultivator in this cave, also in the Nascent Soul Realm. His cultivation is on the verge of falling to the Golden Core Realm, though."
The delicate-featured nun swung the red-glowing spear behind her back, its tip rising half a body's length above her. Her words, however, startled Gong Chenying.
"Senior, where is he?"
This time, Gong Chenying's expression finally changed!
Somewhere within the cave, Gong Chenying stood staring ahead in a daze. A man sat cross-legged against the cave wall, his eyes tightly shut and his entire body as emaciated as a dried corpse.
Behind Gong Chenying, an illusory figure hovered silently like a phantom.
"Sixth Elder!"
Gong Chenying murmured as she looked at the vaguely familiar figure, now reduced to skin and bones. Both excitement and disappointment stirred in her heart.
For her own part, she had not found her father!
Although Gong Chenying and her companion had come right up to him, the Sixth Elder's eyes remained tightly closed, as though he were dead. She hurried forward a few steps, sweeping her Divine Sense over him.
"He is not dead. His vital blood was probably drained by a 'Yin Mountain Beast' over the past few days, and he has now fallen unconscious.
"But if he does not take