"Damn it! Who can tell me what's going on? Huh? Why was such a well-hidden dark spot just exposed to the cultivators of Kyushu?" the other party cursed.
The other party vented their anger at the elders and disciples below, and no one dared to speak.
Just two days ago, even the Serpent King's Mansion's forces within Sakura Island had suffered a certain degree of damage, but the Serpent King's Mansion's cultivators couldn't figure out who the mastermind was.
"It must be the cultivators from Kyushu. It started with our dark spots in Kyushu, and then our various strongholds in our own country were all attacked to some extent," an elder said.
For the Serpent King's Mansion at present, the losses were heavy. The Nascent Soul stage cultivators they had cultivated before suffered heavy losses in this attack, and they still hadn't figured out what was going on.
"Where is Jiangtou Tu?" At this moment, the Sect Master of the Serpent King's Mansion realized that Jiangtou Tu from the Yin Corpse Sect was nowhere to be found.
"I don't know, we haven't seen him," people below replied.
"Damn it! Go find him quickly!" the Serpent King's Mansion Sect Master roared. The people below retreated, ready to investigate the whereabouts of Jiangtou Tu from the Yin Corpse Sect.
Half an hour later, a disciple rushed in from outside.
"Report!"
The disciple rushed into the main hall, panting and shouting.
"Quick, tell me, tell me," the Serpent King's Mansion Sect Master said anxiously to the disciple, "Where did Jiangtou Tu go?"
"We found him in the mountains outside one of our strongholds, very close... the scene... the scene..."
"What about the scene?" the Serpent King's Mansion Sect Master asked.
"We found Jiangtou Tu's corpse at the scene. He has been killed." the other party said.
"No! This is impossible! This is impossible!" the Serpent King's Mansion Sect Master shook his head in disbelief. "Jiangtou Tu is already a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. How could he be killed? Are you mistaken?"
"We have confirmed it, it is indeed Jiangtou Tu," the disciple of the Serpent King's Mansion said. "Moreover, all of Jiangtou Tu's magic artifacts have also disappeared."
"Damn it! Damn it!" the Serpent King's Mansion Sect Master cursed.
On the other side, in the underground city of the capital, Ye Qingyi returned to the City Lord's Mansion and was admiring the landscape painting magic artifact he had confiscated from Jiangtou Tu of the Yin Corpse Sect.
"Not bad, not bad. This landscape painting is indeed a treasure," Ye Qingyi said.
The person who caused the current losses of the Serpent King's Mansion was Ye Qingyi himself. This time, Ye Qingyi personally went to Sakura Island, and the strongholds in Kyushu were handed over to Bai Zizhen of the Tianxing Sect.
Ye Qingcheng stood by the side, looking at the landscape painting, and asked, "Isn't this just an ordinary landscape painting? How is it a treasure? Could it be a masterpiece from ancient times?"
Ye Qingyi shook his head helplessly and said, "You don't understand this. This landscape painting has a huge space, and time flows very slowly, almost as slow as our ancient pagoda. Plus, it has formations that gather spiritual energy, so it's a very good treasure for cultivation."
"That's great! Let me try it quickly!" Ye Qingcheng said.
"Wait a moment, if we want to go in, we still have to do something," Ye Qingyi said.
Ye Qingcheng looked at Ye Qingyi in confusion. Ye Qingyi extended his hand, and a dark iron chain appeared in his hand.
"Isn't this the Immortality Binding Rope?" Ye Qingcheng was greatly surprised.
Ye Qingyi smiled slightly, used his spiritual power to enter the painting, and then erased Jiangtou Tu's spiritual imprint. He then brought out some disciples from Sakura Island from inside.
The moment more than a dozen disciples from Sakura Island appeared, Ye Qingyi's Immortality Binding Rope moved, binding them all.
"They are all at the peak of Foundation Establishment, or even half-step Nascent Soul. It seems they used this painting to cultivate quite a few Nascent Soul cultivators," Ye Qingcheng exclaimed.
"Damn it!" As the dozen or so cultivators stared blankly at Ye Qingyi and Ye Qingcheng, they realized that they had fallen into the hands of the cultivators of Kyushu.
"Xun'er, Ling'er," Ye Qingyi said.
Xun'er and Ling'er walked in from outside. Ye Qingyi then said, "Does our underground city still need some servants? Plant slave seals on all of them, and erase everything about Sakura Island from their minds. They will be slaves forever."
"Yes!" Xun'er and Ling'er took the dozen or so cultivators from Sakura Island away.
"Alright, you can go in and take a look now," Ye Qingyi said to Ye Qingcheng. "I hope this magic artifact can help you quickly improve your cultivation."
Under Ye Qingcheng's operation, Ye Qingyi also entered the ancient painting and began to cultivate.
...
In the forest, Ye Bufan and Bai Mufeng had been searching in the forest for several days but still couldn't find a late-stage Nascent Soul demonic beast.
"This is a matter of probability," Ye Bufan took a deep breath.
"It's not just about probability. For demonic beasts, their innate talent is not very high, and they have to face human encirclement and hunting. Truly high-level demonic beasts can transform after reaching the Nascent Soul stage. They will either go to the cities in the demon realm or blend into human society to live. They won't stay in ordinary mountain ranges," Bai Mufeng explained to Ye Bufan.
Ye Bufan suddenly understood, not expecting there to be such a reason.
Finally, Ye Bufan's trial journey could only end in vain.
Ye Bufan found Qu Fei and Song Mingqin in the forest. After bidding them farewell, he returned to Jinhe.
Standing at the entrance of Chu family enterprise, Chu Mengyao walked out of the company. Upon seeing Ye Bufan, her originally sad face immediately lit up with joy.
"When did you get back? Why didn't you tell me?" Chu Mengyao pounced into Ye Bufan's arms happily.
"Just got back. I had some matters to attend to in Yancheng a few days ago, and I rushed back as soon as I finished," Ye Bufan explained to Chu Mengyao.
"Let's go home," Chu Mengyao pulled Ye Bufan and got into Chu Mengyao's car, heading towards Xiangshan Villa.
"Recently, Elder Zhu has also made a breakthrough in his cultivation," Chu Mengyao said to Ye Bufan. "The breakthrough in his cultivation has made his medical skills even more profound. However..."
Chu Mengyao hesitated to speak. Ye Bufan immediately asked, "Did something happen?"
"Because some sects are recruiting disciples, there have also appeared some so-called reclusive divine doctors who challenged Elder Zhu," Chu Mengyao explained to Ye Bufan. "Elder Zhu lost in the first match."