He naturally understood this point.
So he didn't dare to move at all, but repeatedly pleaded, "Fellow Daoist, please spare my life. I didn't know the teleportation formation led to your secret cultivation site, and I certainly didn't intend to disturb you. Please show mercy and spare my life. I am willing to offer a generous gift as an apology!"
Zhou Chun, upon hearing this, simply responded indifferently, "If I kill you, everything on your person will still be mine!"
Before his words had finished, the man's storage pouch had already been picked off by Baibai with a single swipe of his claw, flying towards his hand.
This scene caused a slight change in the man's expression, but he didn't dare say much, only murmuring softly, "Fellow Daoist, it would be easy for you to kill me, but I am here scouting for the Elders of my sect. Moreover, there is a mark placed on me by a Nascent Soul Stage True Person from my sect. Should I die here, it won't be long before Nascent Soul Stage True Persons from my sect will descend upon this place!"
Hearing this, Zhou Chun's expression changed as well.
This was exactly his concern.
He said indifferently, "In that case, I shall temporarily spare your life."
Upon hearing these words, the man visibly relaxed.
But as soon as he took a breath of relief, his vision darkened, and he was suddenly struck on the head by a bolt of lightning, knocking him unconscious.
"Hmph, do you really take Zhou Mou for a fool? If you truly had a mark placed by a Nascent Soul Stage True Person, wouldn't keeping you alive lead them to my doorstep just as quickly?"
With a dark expression, Zhou Chun watched the unconscious man and instructed the Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai, who then took the man away.
And he swiftly took the man's belongings and left the spot.
Not long after, Zhou Chun threw the man's storage pouch and possessions into a particular spot at the bottom of the lake, then quickly moved in another direction.
A few hours later, Zhou Chun had reached the shore and hidden himself in a forest along the bank of Muli Lake.
Not long after Zhou Chun had reached the shore, a Golden Core Stage level golden escape light flew over Muli Lake and quickly dived down into the water after fixating on a certain location.
Then in a cave, thousands of feet underwater, the owner of the golden escape light, a man dressed in a golden robe with coiled hair, found a second-rank fish demon.
The coiled hair man casually killed the fish demon and discovered within it undigested human remains.
"A mere second-rank fish demon, how could it possibly kill Nephew Yuanwu? It seems the perpetrator must have captured Nephew Yuanwu and deliberately fed him, bereft of the power to resist, to this fish demon!"
"So, after arriving near here through teleportation, did Nephew Yuanwu encounter a Great Mage from the Multi-Winged Clan?"
"No, no, no, if it were a Great Mage from the Multi-Winged Clan, there would be no need for such redundancy... Could it be a Golden Core Stage Cultivator then?"
The coiled hair man frowned deeply, sensing the difficulty of the situation.
The perpetrator's methods were too clean; aside from finding the location of his nephew's demise, he had no clue about where exactly his nephew had been captured in battle.
Let alone finding the perpetrator himself.
"The remnants of Nephew Yuanwu's body contain traces of the power of thunder and lightning. Thus, the perpetrator may likely be a cultivator of the Thunder Element Cultivation Technique, or someone with exceptional means of controlling lightning. Perhaps this clue could lead to further investigation!"
Thinking of this, the coiled hair man collected the remains and searched the surrounding lakebed for a while before leaving the Muli Lake area.
Over the next half month, multiple escape lights arrived at Muli Lake, with Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators even making personal appearances.
Eventually, the Ancient Ruins where Zhou Chun had been were also discovered by Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators.
But by then, any traces of his presence had long since dissipated. With the abilities of Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, they could only detect a faint trace of a Flood Dragon's presence and surmise that a Flood Dragon had once lurked there.
Afterward, since nothing of value was found in the ruins, those who had come to search soon dispersed.
Not until a year later, Zhou Chun, who had been hiding in the forest and did not dare to show himself, quietly had the Thunder Flood Dragon Baibai retrieve the storage pouch he had left at the bottom of the lake.