Gao Huating hurriedly remedied her mistake, taking out the stretcher she had asked Mu Dan to help make, and refined it with immortal power, stretching the bones of the Dark Sect Immortal.

The terrifying screams of the Dark Sect Immortal were completely muffled by the Silence Barrier.

His eyes were filled with pleading.

That wisp of demonic qi had multiplied six or seven times over.

After half an hour.

Gui He whispered, "Master, why not try asking him? I see there’s no light left in his eyes."

"But he’s a True Immortal," Gao Huating felt uncertain, "His tolerance must be stronger than that of an ordinary Immortal. These methods are much weaker compared to my teacher’s."

"Is this weak? The bit of Qi you released just now almost shattered his primordial spirit!"

"That was something I secretly collected during my teacher’s fighting; it’s nothing really. My teacher is a hundred times, no, a thousand times stronger than me!"

Gui He’s lips trembled.

Just what kind of formidable force had she joined!

Inside the Silence Barrier, the True Immortal struggled to breathe, his primordial spirit foaming and passing out.

"He couldn’t hold on."

"Do you have any elixirs for healing the primordial spirit? We can apply one and continue the interrogation."

"Master, it’s too precious. I’m just a small loose cultivator."

"Alright then," Gao Huating shook her head regretfully, "If we can’t find anything out, I’ll have to leave here for now; they’ve surely marked me."

...

"Speak! I’ll tell you everything! Just remove the demonic qi!"

"I came here more than ten years ago... The Heavenly Dao Stele gave us a mission to find a crystal coffin near Sea Eye... We’ve been searching without progress, so we split up; two went to the workshop to gather information while the other two stayed near Sea Eye... I’m the strongest cultivator among us four...

"Other orders? From around the same time we received ours...

"Ah, the Heavenly Dao Stele issued a heavenly-level mission, deploying hundreds of Heavenly Immortals. I’ve never seen so many experts act together; several Vice Alliances were alarmed... At first, we didn’t know the specifics; later, we learned they were looking for the Divine Tree Fusang...

"Yes, supposedly located in a relic to the east of East Sea, in the Land of Sunrise. We’ve looked for over a decade; it has stirred up major powers, yet no results..."

Gao Huating gestured, and the Dark Sect True Immortal immediately shut his mouth, fearing this seemingly harmless, innocent-looking young girl would subject him to another ordeal.

Gao Huating pinched her chin and pondered carefully.

She had witnessed her teacher being buried.

The burial site was in an abandoned small world, where a partially burned but still vibrant divine wood stood at the center.

"Sketch the Fusang Tree."

The man was full of panic: "Huh? Me? I’ve never seen it, Upper Immortal..."

"Master, I’ve seen it!"

Gui He jumped out heroically, taking out a cloth scroll, and began to draw with her bottom upturned.

She didn’t forget to explain:

"The Fusang Tree is our demon clan’s Holy Wood.

"Legend has it, in ancient times, the predecessor of Feather God Palace among the Eight Great Immortal Palaces was the flourishing Ten Thousand Demon Palace. Three Daluo Golden Immortals led it, one born from the Fusang Wood as an ancient giant demon.

"But later, during the war between Human Race and Demon Clan, Ten Thousand Demon Palace collapsed; the Immortal Realm reshuffled. The secret realm of Ten Thousand Demon Palace and the Great Secret Realm of the Fusang Wood disappeared since then.

"Nowadays, Feather God Palace actually remains part of Ten Thousand Demon Palace—a theory suggests back then, the three Palace Masters of Ten Thousand Demon Palace had internal disputes; one reached an agreement with the Human Race, absorbing some of their experts to reorganize. Feather God Palace is also seeking that secret realm."

She finished, showing the scroll to Gao Huating.

Gao Huating raised her hand to her forehead, her lips twitching slightly.

It was the giant tree under which Senior Bai Gu buried her teacher!

This was bad!

It must have been a development set by Senior Bai Gu over a decade ago; the barrier dissipated when they returned to the present world, drawing attention from the Heavenly Dao!

To the Heavenly Dao, she was just a small fry, randomly sending four Dark Sect Immortals over.

But concerning her teacher, the Dark Sect Heavenly Dao dispatched several hundred Heavenly Immortals, and their Vice Alliance Hierarch must be Golden Immortals; their Alliance Hierarch must be Daluo Golden Immortal, because the Tianluo Hierarch is Daluo.

Gao Huating grew anxious.

Continuously pondering, she turned to look at the Dark Sect True Immortal.

"Continue telling me what you know regarding the Fusang Wood."

"You know what’s inside the secret realm, right..."

This True Immortal, trembling, said:

"As long as you spare me, I’m willing to guide you, recommend you to the Steward! Ah!"

Gao Huating merely raised her hand lightly; this True Immortal screamed, the dozen golden needles gently rotating, sending his primordial spirit into bouts of agony.

Beside her, Gui He frowned and pursed her lips.

She felt that the bit of cruelty her cheap master showed now was her real, undisguised nature.

"Is there no other news?" Gao Huating asked.

The Dark Sect True Immortal hastily added, "Yes, yes... Do you want to hear about the secret realm related to Fusang Wood? I’ve recently heard it will appear in a few years, attracting numerous experts to the Land of Sunrise east of East Sea; all Eight Great Immortal Palaces have experts showing up."

"Is that all?"

"Also... according to internal rumors, we’re searching for an evil demon named Wang Zheng; he’s committed many crimes beyond the Immortal Realm, killed many of our experts... Though we don’t understand why he’s connected to the Fusang Wood... They’re certain that finding the Fusang Wood will lead to Wang Zheng!"

Gao Huating’s gaze carried a hint of menace.

She asked, "Have you encountered others looking for Wang Zheng?"

"We haven’t gone there, and the four of us are only True and Primordial Immortals, not Heavenly Immortals. We didn’t dare to join the hustle at the Land of Sunrise..."

"Alright, it’s not a total loss."

Gao Huating flicked her fingers, and the Dark Sect True Immortal screamed, his primordial spirit finally fainting entirely.

Originally, Gui He thought Gao Huating would use two magic treasures to dispose of this True Immortal, but unexpectedly, Gao Huating folded her hands in prayer, softly humming a beautiful melody.

Gui He listened, mesmerized.

But after more than ten breaths, Gui He glanced sideways and saw:

The Dark Sect True Immortal’s primordial spirit grew dim, releasing a large amount of spiritual energy; his immortal body aged rapidly from middle-aged appearance to white hair and wrinkles, his final vitality turned into spiritual energy, disappearing with a satisfied smile, transferring onto his corpse.

Gulp.

Gui He pursed her lips tightly, looking up at Gao Huating, who still appeared pure, innocent, and beautiful, as if worldly sorrow was unrelated to her.

What kind of divine skill is this?

Directly eradicating a True Immortal’s primordial spirit with song, although this person’s spirit was constrained.

A moment later.

Gao Huating released a water-blue True Fire, incinerating the True Immortal’s corpse completely.

She stood there pondering for some time.

Though rationality told her that waiting here until everyone came looking for her was the lowest-cost, lowest-risk approach.

However, her teacher was obviously in danger...

She was just a True Immortal now, and the Heavenly Dao wouldn’t pay much attention to her.

Yet, what could she do if she went? If caught by the Dark Sect, she’d create trouble for her teacher.

Gao Huating raised her hand to her forehead.

She started missing Big Peony; with Big Peony, anything was possible... Wait? Big Peony? Miss Amina has Mu Dan’s avatar.

Perhaps, she might use some Earth methods to remind them.

Gao Huating looked at her Storage Magical Treasure and rummaged carefully, eventually finding some walkie-talkies and radio sets.

Alright, her skill was limited; she didn’t learn how to assemble signal transmitters back then.

Gao Huating continued searching, soon uttering a light yelp.

She unexpectedly carried with her several boxes of small speakers; these seemed to be fan gifts she used to carry along when performing disaster relief status on impoverished planets.

Gao Huating gazed at Gui He beside her with a bit of wicked smile.