Lu Ming’s aura suddenly sank, and the surrounding space was tightly enveloped by his divine sense.
He scanned the area thoroughly dozens of times.
However, Huang Tianbao seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace behind.
“Where’s the person? Not only did the Soul-Returning Pill fail to resurrect him, but his body is gone too?” After searching with its divine sense, Big Yellow stood with one front paw on its hip and the other pointing at the people from the Danji Sect as it questioned them loudly.
Huang Tianbao was supposed to be resurrected.
For the person to vanish into thin air like that was unacceptable to anyone!
The Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect also looked grim. He enveloped the entire Danji Sect with his divine sense.
He even extended his search to a radius of a thousand miles, scouring the area repeatedly, but ultimately found nothing.
Then, he spoke to Lu Ming with an apologetic tone.
“Saint Lu, although I don’t know why this happened, it truly has nothing to do with our Danji Sect!”
“Yes, exactly...”
The Sect Master of the Danji Sect and the various Soul Transformation elders nodded in agreement.
At the same time, their faces were filled with confusion and helplessness.
What kind of mess was this?
Lu Ming’s brow furrowed, his mind racing as he thought rapidly.
He had seen it clearly: the vortex that swept Huang Tianbao away.
It had emerged from within Huang Tianbao’s physical body!
In other words, the problem might not lie with the Soul-Returning Pill.
It didn’t lie with the people of the Danji Sect either; it lay with Huang Tianbao himself!
Suddenly, he recalled the scene of Huang Tianbao’s death.
After his soul left his body, it had been lively and kicking before being swept away by the Hundred Million Soul Banner.
At the time, he had even been shouting.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to Lu Ming.
Could Huang Tianbao’s body have gone to find his soul?
A reverse resurrection?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt this was the only possibility.
Otherwise, it made no sense for a body to go missing just from taking a pill.
Even if the Soul-Returning Pill was a fake or just a bit oversized, it shouldn't have had this kind of effect, right?
By this time, Big Yellow, Wang Defa, and the others had also calmed down.
They clearly remembered the scene of Huang Tianbao’s death as well.
They just didn't know if the loss of his body was related to his abnormal death.
For a moment, the entire scene fell into a dead silence.
The people of the Danji Sect were also helpless.
They had thought this would be a win-win transaction, but such a hitch had occurred.
Facing Lu Ming’s group, they were at a loss for words to defend themselves.
The Great Ancestor took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart.
He cupped his hands deeply toward Lu Ming, his tone full of apology.
“Saint Lu, regarding today’s matter, my Danji Sect owes you. Although it was an accident, the responsibility lies with our sect!
The Break-Stage Grass shall be returned to you intact. Furthermore, we will provide ten top-grade recovery pills as compensation. What do you think?”
Though he was very reluctant, the Great Ancestor decided to return the Break-Stage Grass to Lu Ming and the others.
After all, no one could prove that there was nothing wrong with the Soul-Returning Pill.
“Great Ancestor! You mustn't!”
“Eldest Senior Brother?”
Upon hearing this, the members of the Danji Sect couldn't help but cry out in shock.
Clearly, they did not agree with the Great Ancestor’s approach.
They had truly lost a Soul-Returning Pill, after all.
The Great Ancestor waved his hand.
“Listen to me. If word of this gets out, the Danji Sect will surely earn a reputation for harming fellow cultivators.”
At the same time, he sent them a secret transmission.
“Do you think the Qingshan Sect is easy to bully? Don't forget, they were once the number one power in the Central Province...”
Hearing the Great Ancestor’s words, the members of the Danji Sect looked at each other and finally nodded in resignation.
Fine! They really couldn't afford to offend them.
But at this moment, Lu Ming had no heart to care about any compensation.
His mind was entirely focused on Huang Tianbao’s whereabouts.
“Compensation is unnecessary. Keep the Break-Stage Grass.”
Lu Ming spoke slowly.
“Today’s matter has nothing to do with the Danji Sect. I believe you weren't lying.”
After all, it wasn't necessarily the Soul-Returning Pill’s fault. Besides, they had agreed beforehand.
Whatever the effect, the consequences were to be borne by themselves.
Lu Ming wouldn't stoop to being a rogue in this regard.
Hearing Lu Ming say he wouldn't take back the Break-Stage Grass, the Great Ancestor and the others snapped their heads up to look at him.
They never expected that Lu Ming wouldn't blame them.
If it had been any other power, they would have at least extorted a large sum from them.
The Qingshan Sect was an honest sect; they were worth befriending.
For a moment, they were so happy they couldn't even react.
Just then, Lu Ming turned to Big Yellow and the others and spoke.
“Let’s go!”
Since they couldn't find any information about Huang Tianbao here, there was no point in staying.
Besides, they weren't unreasonable people. Since it likely had nothing to do with the Danji Sect.
Then there was no need to waste time here.
“Saint Lu, please wait!”
Just as Lu Ming and the others were turning to leave, the Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect hurriedly called out to stop him.
Lu Ming paused and turned back to look at him with some confusion.
The Great Ancestor of the Danji Sect cupped his hands.
“Saint Lu, if you ever need anything in the future, just say the word! My Danji Sect will certainly provide our full support!”
At this point, he paused before continuing.
“Without any compensation!”
The members of the Danji Sect also nodded repeatedly.
Since Lu Ming was so magnanimous, they couldn't be ungrateful either.
Lu Ming nodded, then led everyone out of the hall.
On the spirit boat, Ji Chen asked.
“Saint Lu, where do we go next?”
“Back to the Central Province!”
Lu Ming looked into the distance and replied calmly.
After all, he still had to go to the Tiansheng Sect for an explanation.
Now that the Saintess was dead, the marriage should naturally be annulled.
However, things had to be made clear.
He couldn't wait for some woman to suddenly pop up in the future, holding a token and looking for him.
Saying something about inheriting the previous Saintess's marriage contract or whatever.
That would just be looking for trouble for himself.
“Then let’s coordinate our stories!”
Hearing Lu Ming say they were going back to the Central Province, Ji Chen spoke up.
“Alright!”
Lu Ming nodded in agreement.
It was better to coordinate; so many people had died, they would definitely be questioned.
Subsequently, Lu Ming and the others unified their story.
They would say Lu Ming had come out to travel, and Ji Chen and the others had accepted a protection commission.
As for the identity of Sun Xiaosheng, they would simply say they didn't know.
To avoid trouble, Lu Ming placed Zhu Wuneng and Xiao Huihui into the Equality Secret Realm.
Then, the group made their way toward the Central Province.
...
“Ancestor, the investigation is complete. Not only has Ye Qingcheng’s temper become violent lately, but she has also been acting somewhat mysteriously!”
At this time, the Tiansheng Sect Leader was reporting to the Tiansheng Sect’s Ancestor.
This was the information he had gathered about Ye Qingcheng.
“Oh?”
The Tiansheng Sect Ancestor raised an eyebrow.
To think that this Ye Qingcheng really did have a problem?
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