Mo Xuan hurriedly nodded. "Indeed, our sect has a method to track down traitors and deserters."
"So, mind telling me?" Su Yang sat down, fully prepared to get the information. "Is it a technique? A mark?"
"It’s a technique plus a symbol," Elder Mo explained. "Our sect hands over a sect medallion to everyone. In it is a mark that can be tracked down."
"Good, good." Su Yang cheered. "Now tell me the technique."
"I don’t know," Mo Xuan said bluntly. In the next moment, he tremblingly added, "If everyone knew it, wouldn’t our sect members already be hunted down?"
Su Yang, who had raised his arm to use Phoenix Fist, halted in mid-air. "Yes, so what can you tell me?"
He calmly added, "This information will decide whether I can leave you alive."
"I know who has this technique!" Elder Mo immediately raised his voice in fright.
Su Yang just waved his palm, signalling him to continue.
"The First Elder, Second Elder, Third Elder, and sect master have mastered this technique," Mo Xuan stated. "If you catch any one of them, you can get the tracking technique."
Pfft! Su Yang stood up. "Wait, I’ll go check with your disciple."
He froze once he reached Si Yin. Blood was flowing from his mouth, nose, and eyes.
"He took poison?" He crouched down to check the man’s pulse. "Didn’t he want to save his life?"
He tilted his head slightly. "Whatever." He raised his fist and smashed Si Yin’s head.
Bang!
Si Yin’s head burst into pieces. Mo Xuan, who witnessed the entire thing, lamented, ’Idiot. Taking medicine to fake death wouldn’t work on ruthless people.’
Si Yin had taken a pill that would force his body into a state of apparent death, but unfortunately, he had met Su Yang.
’I always need to double-check.’ Su Yang recalled what he had heard from his sister and father. He should always try to destroy people’s bodies, as many could fake their deaths.
He quickly took the loot from Si Yin’s corpse. He returned to Mo Xuan, who was still kneeling.
"Young Master, let me go. Didn’t you say my information—"
Thud!
Phoenix Fist connected with Elder Mo’s chest, killing him on the spot.
"Such a pity. Your details aren’t worthwhile." He gained all the information he could.
His eyes shone as he found a storage ring on the ring finger of Mo Xuan’s corpse.
’My first storage ring!’ Su Yang grinned widely. Even though his clan was rich, he hadn’t been given a storage ring because it required Blood Qi to use, while he had been a mortal until recently.
He played with the ring between his fingers. It was slightly cold to the touch and looked like a plain silver ring with a metallic sheen.
Su Yang wore it on his ring finger. ’Nice fit.’ The ring shrank a little to match his finger.
He returned to his cave, not caring about the corpses as he had before, since they would be devoured by beasts anyway.
Su Yang checked the spoils. His lips twitched as he found so many sealing talismans.
Mo Xuan’s storage ring contained only ten Level 1 Blood-Strengthening Pills, a few essentials, four blood bags, and more than a hundred sealing talismans. The majority of them were Level 1 High-grade, with a few Level 1 Top-grade talismans.
"No Level 1 Superb-grade talismans?" He threw everything into storage while furiously burning the blood-filled, arm-sized grey bags.
Zzz!
Elder Mo had only one Superb-grade talisman, which he had used on Su Yang earlier.
Su Yang nodded after checking Si Yin’s storage pouch. It contained a hundred bottles of Blood-Strengthening Pills, healing pills, Detoxification Pills, and a few more varieties.
Si Yin had all kinds of pills, mostly aimed at saving lives.
Su Yang then opened his new secret art panel.
[ Undying Phoenix Fist Secret Art: Phoenix Ascends to the Heavens
Power and mastery depend on Undying Phoenix Wing Step! ]
Phoenix Wing Step was meant to speed up his movements. It also functioned to increase his evasion. His secret art, Phoenix Ascends to the Heavens, had the same purpose but was more powerful and more draining. However, it also had an important function: it could break seals. After all, what was the point of an escape technique if one couldn’t escape?
"It’s going to be my trump card." Su Yang then moved on to cultivation. "Let’s refine all the pills and return to the sect."
He opened a bottle of Level 1 Blood-Strengthening Pills and threw a batch of ten pills into his mouth. He didn’t stop until he had swallowed a hundred pills at once.
He then began the Phoenix Stance, with his thighs parallel to the ground and his hands flapping like a bird’s wings, covering himself with Nirvana Flames. He maintained his breathing pattern as he moved through the ten movements.
Around one hour earlier.
Li Er reached the cave where Bai Ruo and the others were tied up.
"How much longer?" Jia Xin mumbled.
Bai Ruo replied, "At most, a few more hours. The sealing talisman’s energy is running out."
Lei Feng had recovered his muscles and was hanging from a stalactite in the cave like the others. Over the past few days, Elder Go’s gang had fed them Blood-Replenishing Pills and Blood-Strengthening Pills, allowing them to stay healthy and energetic.
"Fine," Jia Xin said.
Despite being fed, all three disciples were exhausted. Master Bai Ruo and her disciples all reeked because they hadn’t taken a bath in more than a week.
"My arms hurt," Li Ming winced.
"Even mine are in the same condition." Lei Feng sighed.
"I hope that guy can take them down," Jia Xin prayed.
"It’s not possible." Lei Feng shook his head.
"He might be only at the Great Perfection of the Blood Qi realm," Bai Ruo added bitterly. "Elder Go is a tough opponent for him."
"By the way, why hasn’t anyone entered this cave since morning?" Jia Xin asked. "By now, they should have given us one pill for the day."
Every day around noon, Elder Go’s followers would throw a Blood-Strengthening Pill into their mouths so they wouldn’t suffer from hunger. However, they had missed today’s dose because Su Yang had killed them all.
They turned serious as they heard the thud! thud! footsteps approaching.
"Here comes mealtime." The lines on Lei Feng’s forehead vanished. "They still haven’t found Junior Brother."
Li Er ran in front of them and yelled, "Tell me the cultivation technique of that brat!" He raised his hand, which glowed with bright crimson Blood Qi. "Tell me where you found such a powerful technique!"