Even without Xiao Jianzi saying anything, Shang Beiyu could naturally sense that there were many people on Penglai Island.

However, to his surprise, most of the people hiding behind such a sophisticated formation were ordinary people, not some reclusive great cultivator families.

Even among the few cultivators, the highest level of cultivation is no more than the first level of the Spirit Gathering stage.

This is truly an incredibly absurd and ridiculous thing!

Shang Beiyu strolled along with Xiao Jianzi, and the ordinary people on the island just stopped to watch curiously, without showing much panic or fear.

It was as if they had simply lived on this island by chance and naturally, rarely seeing strangers, rather than deliberately hiding here, and therefore were more hostile and wary of outsiders.

"Your Excellency, this... this might not be a misunderstanding, right?" Little Cocoon was also a little confused.

“A misunderstanding built with a pseudo-immortal-grade array must be a misunderstanding with a deep purpose. The people on this island must have a great background.” Shang Beiyu was not fooled by appearances at all.

After Shang Beiyu's reminder, Xiao Jianzi also woke up.

The two arrived at some of the best-built houses on the island.

The courtyard seemed somewhat empty. Although there were still people inside, there weren't many left, and their clothing and appearance clearly didn't resemble the owners.

Or perhaps, they are not like a proper master who can make decisions.

"It seems the real big fish slipped away before we even got here," Shang Beiyu said indifferently, looking down at the people below as if they were ants, not as human beings.

"Your Excellency, that..."

Didn't we waste all our time and make a wasted trip?

Xiao Jianzi felt uneasy after hearing this, but he dared not say it outright.

"A wild goose leaves its cry as it flies past, a person leaves their mark as they pass by. As long as something exists, there is a trace to be found. To me, there is no place in this world darker or more likely to hide people than the Demon Realm." Shang Beiyu sneered, descended, and landed in the largest courtyard. He reached out and pulled a woman in green clothes who was passing by. He placed one hand on the top of her head and began to search her soul.

Before the woman in green could even react, before she could even scream, her eyes rolled back and her mind exploded into mush with a "poof," and she was dead beyond any doubt.

Shang Beiyu threw the woman far away with utter disgust, muttering angrily, "Damn it, these people even have restrictions placed in the minds of ordinary women!"

Little Cocoon didn't believe in superstition.

He quickly walked around the mansion, trying to search the souls of more than a dozen people, but without exception, all of them had their brains splattered and died instantly.

"Your Majesty, what should we do? Are we just supposed to watch them slip away right under our noses?" Little Cocoon was truly unwilling to accept this.

These despicable and cunning humans!

He can fail;

But the Venerable One abandoned his beloved girl and waited here for nearly a year!

Shang Beiyu narrowed her charming eyes, her alluring demeanor both seductive and wickedly cruel: "Since these people are the pawns they abandoned, then they have no reason to exist. Anyway, we've already wasted so much time, what's another two days? Let's search their souls one by one."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Little Cocoon clasped his hands in obedience and immediately turned around to go out and arrest people one by one.

Whether they are eighty-year-old women and children or three-year-old children;

As long as the Lord's orders remain unchanged, in Little Cocoon's eyes, these people are nothing but ants and grass.

The mortal realm and the demon realm have always been mortal enemies, and he would not show them any sympathy just because they were old, weak, women and children!