The youthful Senior Zhu and the beautiful woman appeared satisfied by this result, not to mention the surrounding cultivators.

Dealing with a trifling swarm of Black Blood Ants with their cultivation like slaying a chicken with a butcher’s knife. However, the smooth success of the first step of their plan was a good omen.

Senior Zhu waved his hand at the incense burner, extinguishing the incense stick and having it return to him in yellow light. Then, it vanished with a flip of his hand. And in another flash of light, he summoned a set of flickering silver flags.

Each of the flags was only several inches large. Purple talisman characters and a few lightning patterns appeared on the flags’ surface, giving them an air of mystery.

“Without any threat from the Black Blood Ants, we will head into the True Toad Nest. Here is the set of Profound Heavenly Lightning Flags. Those assigned to the formation will come up and take a...