"The Zheng family suffered house-extermination — that day purple flame surged to the heavens."

"Xuanguang Cave's Perfected Masters have already taken the whole mountain range under control; the thirty-eight clans of every size nearby are all forbidden to set even half a step outside."

"I'd say I had foresight — fled fast. You've no idea what I saw at the Zheng family..."

A cultivator murmured by the street with a gloomy face, and reaching this point, he swept a glance around, then took out a voice-transmission treasure.

Shen Yi walked past the several without changing his expression. He of course knew what remained of the Zheng family. Nothing but a ground full of "wooden men," their spirit-souls and path infants devoured by the age-tree.

As that cultivator, forcibly biting down his shock, finished transmitting the message, looking at the others' likewise dazed expressions, he put away the treasure and shook his head. "Only, I've never heard of any power producing a Perfected Master Purple-Flame with such strength — likely already reaching the Spirit-Transformation realm."

At this, Xu Wanyun's expression couldn't help growing somewhat tense. Though she'd known all along the news couldn't be hidden, hearing it with her own ears now still left her mood somewhat heavy. The characteristic of purple-gold flame was simply too conspicuous — recognizable at a glance. At the thought, she instinctively slowed her steps and went on listening to the others' conversation.

"Xuanguang Cave's likely going to make some big move this time."

"Heh, not necessarily."

The cultivator who'd been terrified earlier suddenly smiled again. "Let me tell you — not only did they not make a great fanfare, they even deliberately controlled the news. Maybe they've run afoul of some other great power, or else they're in the wrong."

"Just how far in the wrong would they have to be, to swallow this and endure it?"

The others, recalling the news they'd just heard, couldn't help smacking their lips. Could it be that a dignified immortal sect was truly doing the thing of feeding cultivators to demons? This couldn't be discussed any further.

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