I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

"Did you tell the sect leader?" he asked.

Qin Muyue nodded: "I've already told them."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a message arrived quickly.

"Li Hanshan, come to the sect's main hall immediately."

The sect leader's voice rang out.

Without wasting words, Li Hanshan summoned his flying sword and flew towards the sect's main hall.

In the sect's main hall, the sect leader sat high in the main seat, dressed in an ink-black dress with a black veil covering his face.

Upon seeing Li Hanshan, the sect leader said, "Li Hanshan, come with me."

Li Hanshan asked, "Master, where are we going?"

The sect leader stood up, walked out of the main hall, and summoned a small flying boat. The flying boat was entirely black, with dense array patterns engraved on its hull, emitting a faint spiritual light. She jumped onto the flying boat first, followed closely by Li Hanshan.

"Go east. Go see that city that was massacred."

As soon as the sect leader finished speaking, the flying boat soared into the sky and rushed out of the Hehuan Sect.

Standing on the flying boat, Li Hanshan watched the mountains and rivers rush past below, a multitude of speculations swirling in his mind. What did the sect leader mean by taking him along? What could a Golden Core cultivator like him do in the face of a disaster of this magnitude?

He suddenly remembered the Blood Slave's words, the Second Elder's warning, and his own long-held suspicions.

"Could it be that you brought a blood pack?"

Li Hanshan suddenly had a jolt, realizing a terrifying possibility.

But he dared not say these words aloud and could only keep them to himself.

After the flying boat left the Hehuan Sect's mountain gate, it did not head directly east, but paused for a moment outside the gate. A moment later, two streaks of light flew down from the sky and landed on the flying boat.

The First Elder and the Second Elder.

The three Nascent Soul cultivators of the Hehuan Sect had all been mobilized. This meant that the sect leader attached great importance to this matter to a degree far exceeding his expectations.

The airship started up again and flew eastward.

Along the way, Li Hanshan stood at the stern, watching the horizon draw ever closer, his mind racing. The First Elder sat at the bow, eyes closed, meditating, his face grim. The Second Elder leaned against the gunwale, arms crossed, a half-smile playing on his lips.

The sect leader stood at the bow of the ship, her black dress fluttering gently in the wind, without uttering a word.

After flying for about half a day, Li Hanshan finally couldn't help but speak.

"Master, could it be that Nascent Soul demon who did it?"

The sect leader didn't turn around, and said calmly, "If it really is him, then it's a good thing."

Li Hanshan was taken aback: "Good news? Master, that's a Nascent Soul Demon Lord."

"His actions indicate he's severely injured." The sect leader's voice carried a deeper meaning. "Think about it, if that demon were at his peak, would he have attacked mortals?"

Li Hanshan thought for a moment and shook his head: "No. No matter how many mortals there are, they are nothing but ants to a Nascent Soul cultivator. If he really had the strength, he would definitely go straight to the Joyful Union Sect or the Heavenly Demon Sect, and capture Golden Core cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators to use as furnaces. That would be much more useful than killing mortals."

"That's right." The sect leader nodded. "His choice to attack mortals shows that he is indeed seriously injured. So seriously injured that he is not even confident of dealing with Nascent Soul cultivators, and can only rely on slaughtering mortals to recover his strength."

She paused, her tone becoming sharper: "A severely injured Nascent Soul cultivator might not be unmanageable."

Li Hanshan remained silent. The sect leader's implication was that they should take advantage of the demon's serious injury and kill him.

For a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak to kill a Deity Transformation cultivator, even if the latter is severely injured, is an incredibly difficult task. But since the sect leader dared to say that, she must have had the confidence to back it up.

The airship flew for another half day before meeting up with another airship in the sky.

It was a jet-black flying boat, with the flag of the Heavenly Demon Sect engraved on its hull. Three people stood on the flying boat, the leader being a burly middle-aged man with a resolute face, his demonic energy surging like ink, and his aura as deep as the sea.

Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Behind him stood two old men, both at the Nascent Soul stage, who were likely elders of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

"Sect Master," the Heavenly Demon Sect Master bowed to the Joyful Union Sect Master, his voice booming like a bell, "You've received the news too?"

The sect leader of the Hehuan Sect nodded and returned the greeting: "The city to the east was massacred."

The Heavenly Demon Sect Master's face darkened: "My disciples have also discovered it. Not only in the east, but also in the south, a city has been massacred, on a larger scale than the one in the east, with at least two million people killed."

Two million people.

Li Hanshan gasped. Two cities, three million people, all slaughtered. This demon was utterly inhuman.

"Are you sure it's that Nascent Soul cultivator?" the sect leader of the Joyful Union Sect asked.

The Heavenly Demon Sect Master nodded: "Most likely. That aura is definitely the evil technique of the Yinming Sect."

The two sect leaders exchanged a glance, both seeing solemnity in each other's eyes.

"Let's go." The sect leader of the Hehuan Sect was the first to board the flying boat. "Let's go see how badly he was injured."

The two airships merged and flew eastward.