PS: (There was a small bug at the end of the previous chapter. Lord Lu should not have been there. It has been corrected.)
Old Ox still had not figured out what was going on. Frowning, he asked Wang Youhong, who had already sat down at the table side.
"Retreat where? What happened?"
Old Ox and the others had made little progress in investigating the abducted mortals, and they had kept it fairly secret. They should not have been discovered. Even if they had been, someone would have come directly for the few of them—it was not to the point of retreating.
Wang Youhong glanced at Old Ox and pointed south.
"A large portion of those great demons and demon kings are returning to Black Desolation. The rest are merely rabble stirred up for a carnival. No one will tell them the true situation..."
As he spoke, Wang Youhong paused. He unconsciously lowered his voice before continuing.
"Tu Siyan died..."
Niu Batian's heart jolted, and he could not help asking.
"Really? How did she die? And how did you find out?"
Wang Youhong nodded slightly.
"Really! There was a secret meeting earlier. Besides many high-ranking members of our Heavenly Revelation Alliance, quite a few demon kings and great demons from Black Desolation who did not belong to the alliance were present as well. Tu Siyan even had an incarnation there. But halfway through, her Primordial Spirit suddenly collapsed, and she died. Completely and utterly dead!"
Old Ox's expression shifted between light and dark. His gaze swept over the inn entrance before returning to Wang Youhong, multiple emotions flashing across his face.
"Judging by the timing, shouldn't that immortal surnamed Ji have reached Jade Fox Cave Heaven by now?"
Wang Youhong's heart twitched reflexively. He nodded.
"Could there be any