Lu Yang wiped the tea from his face and looked at First Elder innocently. “First Elder, what’s wrong?”

First Elder stared at Lu Yang as if he had seen a ghost, briefly wondering if age had dulled his hearing. I have lived over two thousand years, and as the Dao-Seeking Nine’s Big Bro and a Half-Step Transcendent Tribulation powerhouse, this is the first time I’ve encountered something like this.

As far as I know, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou headed to Wilderness Province with at most that Dragon-Horse Great Demon King in tow. Forget about this lineup, even if their group had been ten times stronger, capturing the souls of three Transcendent Tribulation cultivators shouldn’t have been possible.

“Who did you capture?”

“Wu Youdao, the Azure Lightning Venerable Lord, and the Witchcraft Sacrifice Venerable Lord.” Lu Yang counted off his fingers.

First Elder almost...