"What are you planning to do to us?!"

Wang Qinghe stored the three souls inside his bag of holding, then briefly turned toward Yue and asked her to remain at the Wang Clan.

"I understand," Yue replied.

Moving at high speed, Wang Qinghe flew away from the Wang Clan residence and Hongsu City. His destination was not another city, but the forest near Feng Ye Sect.

As a Nascent Soul cultivator, Wang Qinghe’s speed made the journey feel extremely short.

In less than half an hour, he arrived at the forest, half of which had already been burned to ashes.

Once he reached the sky above the forest, he tapped his bag of holding and released the three demonic cultivator souls.

They looked furious and continuously cursed Wang Qinghe.

Wang Qinghe did not care. He bit his thumb and fired a drop of his blood essence toward the forest ground.

His hands quickly formed technique seals, summoning a technique with crimson-red runes.

It was the same technique he had used when imprisoning dozens of cultivator souls on the fourth peak of the Seven Peaks of the Northern Mountains.

Six demonic stone pillars appeared around a circular crimson-red rune.

The three demonic cultivator souls saw the technique, and their expressions instantly turned ugly.

"The Demon Blood Void Secret Technique?! How do you know the Blood Sect’s secret art?!" one of them screamed. He clearly came from the Blood Sect.

"That cheap technique? I bought it in a shop for one tael!"

"You bastard!" the demonic cultivator shouted while pointing at Wang Qinghe.

Wang Qinghe stopped his hand seals and activated the technique.

Crimson-red beams shot out from the six demonic stone pillars, converging at the center to form a dense red qi orb, ready to imprison cultivator souls within endless void suffering for a thousand years.

"With my abilities, I can seal all of you inside that blood essence and let you suffer for one thousand years."

The man from the Blood Sect understood the consequences of that suffering. It was far worse than becoming a slave to demons.

If Wang Qinghe could truly use that secret technique, then it was entirely possible for him to absorb their souls into the blood essence orb.

"You’re talented and intelligent. Why not join us?" the man asked.

"Insolence!" Wang Qinghe shouted.

He raised his hand, activated golden qi, and dragged the male cultivator’s soul into the blood essence at the center of the formation.

The demonic cultivator screamed loudly and begged Wang Qinghe for mercy.

However, Qinghe’s serious expression made it clear he had no intention of showing compassion.

"AAAHHHHH!"

The cultivator’s soul was completely absorbed into the blood essence, leaving only two people behind, one man and one woman. Both remained frozen in place, their eyes widened in shock.

"I will spare you from the void as long as you answer my questions," Wang Qinghe said.

"To hell with you! I’d rather suffer and die than betray them!" the remaining male demonic cultivator shouted.

"That’s very noble."

Crimson-red light burst out from the blood essence orb and wrapped around the cultivator’s body.

Without resisting, he simply accepted his fate as he was completely absorbed into the blood essence orb.

Now only one demonic cultivator remained, a woman staring sharply at Wang Qinghe.

"Do you also wish to follow them?" Wang Qinghe asked.

"What do you want to ask?"

Wang Qinghe smiled and stepped forward, instantly appearing directly before the woman’s face.

"What is the cultivation level of your alliance leader?" Wang Qinghe asked.

"Early Soul Ascension."

So it really is true. Their leader has reached a higher realm.

"Is he currently in the Song Kingdom?"

"No," the female cultivator answered.

"Then where?"

"He is in secluded cultivation within the Mo Kingdom, at the center of the Yangguan Continent."

"So the alliance elder is the one who attacked the Song Kingdom. Am I right?" Wang Qinghe asked.

"Yes."

"What is his cultivation level?"

"Soul Transformation," the woman answered.

Still beyond my ability to fight.

Wang Qinghe fell silent for a moment before his gaze shifted toward the surrounding air.

He needed to know how they were producing corrupt energy.

"Then how are you polluting the air with corrupt energy?"

The demonic cultivator let out a brief sigh. The man before her clearly knew nothing about the Demon Alliance invasion.

"Everyone knows where corrupt energy comes from. Are you stupid?" the woman asked.

"Just answer the question!"

"Demonic stones and dark qi formations," the woman replied.

"Every city has demonic stones and dark qi formations in the sky. With those two, corrupt energy manifested from dark qi can be produced," she continued.

"Formations?"

Wang Qinghe turned and activated his cultivation eyes.

What the woman said was completely true. A massive crimson-red formation floated in the sky.

The runes were extremely complicated and twisted, filled with traps and defensive mechanisms.

Ordinary cultivators would never dare destroy such a formation without sufficient power.

"Forget about the formation. With your strength, you won’t be able to destroy it."

"Yes. I can’t destroy it," Wang Qinghe admitted calmly.

His attention returned to the woman before him.

"Then which sects and clans refused to cooperate?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Not many. The most troublesome one is Tianzun."

Tianzun? Qingyin?

Wang Qinghe let out a slow breath. He had indeed gathered a great deal of information from the female cultivator.

However, he believed it would be far better to speak directly with Qingyin.

Since she had left the Northern Mountains earlier, there was a chance she knew things Wang Qinghe did not.

"Well? Is that enough?" the woman asked.

Wang Qinghe narrowed his eyes and sent lightning from his hand into the woman’s body.

Her figure slowly faded before disappearing completely, never absorbed into the void.

He deactivated the blood essence technique, retrieved the blood essence orb, and stored it away.

The information he obtained was already more than enough.

Now it was time for Wang Qinghe to return to the Wang Clan and help them relocate.

He flew back toward Hongsu City and landed directly inside the Wang Clan residence.

His eyes clearly saw the clan members already practicing the natural qi cultivation technique.

Wang Qinghe’s cultivation eyes glowed with brilliant golden light as he observed them.

The corrupt energy inside their bodies was gradually decreasing before completely disappearing.

Yue remained inside one of the rooms, treating a severely injured clan member. When Wang Qinghe arrived, Wang Hao immediately walked toward him.

"The natural qi cultivation technique has proven effective. It’s helping us greatly."

Wang Qinghe nodded while continuing to observe the other clan members. Wang Hao then began explaining the relocation plan.

"We’ll focus on cultivation today so we can leave tomorrow."

"That’s good. The sooner we leave, the better," Wang Qinghe replied.

"You don’t need to worry. I’ll protect all of you until we leave the Song Kingdom!"