“The apprentices patrolling the outermost parts of the school were attacked. Elder Cheng came as a part of the reinforcements, but…he was ambushed on the way and was hurt!” Bu Jiadi explained, “The others…we don’t know if the apprentices are alive or dead!”

“What?! For an ambush to do this much damage to elder Cheng…was a Soul King there?!”

“It’s possible, but we don’t know the specifics,” Bu Jiadi replied. “We’ll have to wait for elder Cheng to wake up first. How is he?”

Elder Yu held his fingers to elder Yu’s wrist for a moment. “The soulmending pill is working on him, but his wounds have yet to stabilize. It’ll probably be a few days before…”

His voice trailed off as he sensed an anomaly in the other person’s body. “This corrosive energy…if the records are correct, then…the Soul Refining Palm?! The Soul Refining School?!”

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