The news that three Profound Insight patriarchs had returned to the palace at the same time quickly shook Penglai Palace from top to bottom.
Such a sight—three patriarchs appearing together—had previously only occurred when the Palace Master personally returned. Cultivators from every clan and lineage immediately began making inquiries.
Yang Yuanhong, Long Heng, and Long Che were all injured. Sea Suppressing Venerable took them to the dragonkin secret grounds to recuperate. The only one who had participated in this demon-slaying operation without suffering any major harm was Murong Qiuhan.
Faced with the upper echelons of Penglai Palace constantly coming to her door, Murong Qiuhan simply threw open her cave abode and invited every last one of them inside.
Several dozen people packed the reception room of the cave abode to the brim. From True Intent Perfection cultivators down to Spiritual Connection True Persons, everyone had arrived.
Once everyone had entered and taken their seats, Murong Qiuhan began recounting her experiences during this journey from beginning to end, sparing no detail.
During the first stage of the demon-slaying mission, when they heard that the Demon Sect had relied on a newly refined Dragon-Slaying spirit treasure, the two True Intent cultivators of the dragonkin lineage both wore grave expressions.
When they later heard that Yang Yuanhong had acted, killed the traitor, and captured the Dragon-Slaying Old Daoist alive, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as that old devil cultivator fell into Penglai Palace's hands, they had more than enough ways to pry intelligence about those spirit treasures out of him.
Up to this point, everything had proceeded smoothly.
The twist began when Murong Qiuhan and Yang Yuanhong split up.
From Murong Qiuhan's perspective, after Yang Yuanhong escorted her into the Dark Abyss passage, she led the two dragonkin cultivators