"I can still!" one of them answered.

"Me too!"

"I can!"

They answered messily.

Ye Tianfan raised his hands and pressed down, and the group stopped talking.

Ye Tianfan continued, "Let me ask you, is there anyone among you who can't walk right now?"

After Ye Tianfan asked, none of them spoke, but one person looked around and then said to Ye Tianfan, "We can all still walk, the injuries aren't serious, it's just the meridians are quite damaged, but it's not a big issue."

"Alright, let's leave here then!" Ye Tianfan said and was about to walk out.

Just then, the one who spoke earlier said, "Senior Brother, we can't leave. One of the souls and spirits of the three souls and seven spirits of all of us is sealed inside a Magical Treasure. We can't leave here; if we do, we'll suffer a fatal blow to our consciousness, and at worst, our souls will disperse completely."

"Yes, yes!"

"Senior Brother, if that Magical Treasure didn't seal one soul and spirit of ours, we would've fought our way out long ago."

"Seal?" Ye Tianfan turned to look at Da Pi Ge and asked, "Where is the Magical Treasure?"

Da Pi Ge said, "It's the Cage Pearl you saw earlier."

"Isn't the Cage Pearl used to trap flesh? How can it trap souls?" Senior Brother Yun Tian asked in confusion, comparing the Cage Pearl with the Trapping Dragon Pearl.

One is lacking in quality, while the Trapping Dragon Pearl can trap everything, the Cage Pearl can only trap the flesh of those with not much power.

Now Da Pi Ge claims that the Cage Pearl can trap souls, leaving Senior Brother Yun Tian deeply puzzled.

"This Cage Pearl is for trapping souls, not flesh, so it can only imprison the souls of Cultivators," Da Pi Ge shrugged and said.

Ye Tianfan glanced at Senior Brother Yun Tian, then followed Da Pi Ge out.

"Senior Brother Yun Tian, you keep an eye on Da Pi Ge first, I'll go up and destroy the Cage Pearl and then come back down," Ye Tianfan said and was about to head up.

But Da Pi Ge immediately stopped him, "You can't destroy it. If you destroy the Cage Pearl, their souls and spirits will also be destroyed."

"Hm?" Ye Tianfan halted his steps, turned and asked, "Then what should we do? Can you release their souls and spirits?"

Da Pi Ge said, "Yes, but it's troublesome, it requires some Spirit Stones, otherwise I won't have Spiritual Power to unseal."

"I have Spirit Stones, Junior Brother Tianfan, you guard him here, I'll be right back," Senior Brother Yun Tian said and went straight up.

Ye Tianfan wanted to go up, too, to deal with those remaining enemies, but didn't expect Senior Brother Yun Tian to insist on going.

Senior Brother Yun Tian insisted on going because he felt guilty for doing nothing during the ambush; Ye Tianfan was the one who acted first, detoxified him, asked questions, and rescued the surviving Cultivators. He felt bad relying on his Junior Brother and insisted on doing what he still could.

Not long after, Senior Brother Yun Tian came down with the Cage Pearl and handed it to Da Pi Ge, and also took out a low-grade Spirit Stone from his storage Magical Treasure.

Seeing Da Pi Ge take the two items, Ye Tianfan kept his guard secretly.

After all, who knows if he's really going to release the Cultivators' souls and spirits or if he's planning something sneaky; Ye Tianfan is on guard for that.

Receiving the Cage Pearl and the Spirit Stone, Da Pi Ge didn't say much, he sat cross-legged, placed the Spirit Stone between his feet, held the Cage Pearl in his hands, and chanted a Spell.

Ye Tianfan didn't understand it, but the Xuanhuang Tower was ready anytime.

After chanting for a while, Da Pi Ge extended the Cage Pearl towards the Cultivators and shouted, "Go back, go back."

Ye Tianfan saw some transparent, misty white vapors floating out from the Cage Pearl and entering the Cultivators.

When the vapors stopped emerging, the Cage Pearl made a "crack" sound and shattered.

Seeing the Cage Pearl shattered, Ye Tianfan immediately looked at Da Pi Ge.

Da Pi Ge, seeing Ye Tianfan watch him, awkwardly scratched his head and said, "This is one-time use, when collecting it works continuously, when you release it, it breaks after the release."

Ye Tianfan nodded, it's good that it shattered; if not, he intended to shatter it after releasing the souls.

Next, it's straightforward; once Senior Brother Yun Tian led the surviving Cultivators out, Ye Tianfan looked at Da Pi Ge, thinking about how to deal with him.

Da Pi Ge also knew his fate awaited, whether alive or dead depended on Ye Tianfan's thoughts.

Yet Ye Tianfan thought for a moment and said, "Next, you deal with all the zombies in the town, extract all the Secret Technique seeds within them, then you'll be let go."

Ye Tianfan thought through this deeply but decided to kill Da Pi Ge after he had taken out all the Secret Technique seeds.

Cooperation does not exempt Da Pi Ge from punishment due to the mass civilian casualties he caused; Copper Gong Town was nearly decimated.

So for this alone, Ye Tianfan wouldn't spare any of them.

When Ye Tianfan emerged from the basement with Da Pi Ge, he found San Ji and the others were already bound, and the Cultivators and Senior Brother Yun Tian stood in the courtyard waiting for Ye Tianfan.

As Ye Tianfan came up, Senior Brother Yun Tian approached and said to Ye Tianfan, "I'll arrange to send them to a stronghold first, then when their Spiritual Power recovers a bit, we'll escort them back to their Sect."

"Okay!" Ye Tianfan nodded and then asked, "Should we escort them together or separately?"

"Separately, I'll escort one Sect, you escort another, others can team up to escort," Senior Brother Yun Tian said.

"Alright then, let's return to the stronghold for now, there's still a crow to deal with!" Ye Tianfan nodded and looked outside the courtyard.

"Hm, let's go, they can't fly, so we have to walk, I'll lead the way and you cover the back," Senior Brother Yun Tian finished speaking and led the way out.

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