The Wolf Cavalry Hall members who had been cultivating instantly entered combat readiness. Perhaps influenced by the Sect Master’s momentum, they sat atop their Hurricane Wolves with intense killing intent on their faces.
Long Ziyang, Yang Yuhua, and the others rushed over using the Cloud-Treading Step, landing in neat formation on the training grounds.
Including Ye Xingchen, all twenty inner sect disciples of the Wangu Sect were in position.
“Senior Brother.”
Su Xiaomo said in a low voice: “What’s going on?”
Li Qingyang said: “Eldest Senior Sister is being bullied in Northeast Lu Province.”
“What?”
Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, and the others immediately became enraged.
Daring to bully our Eldest Senior Sister—they’ve eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard!
“Screech—”
An eagle’s cry came from Iron Bone Mountain.
One could see the mountain-sized Demon Ridge Black Eagle spreading its wings and taking flight.
It had been designated as the Wangu Sect’s guardian spirit beast and wouldn’t easily appear except during sect crises!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The Demon Ridge Black Eagle hovered above the training grounds.
Swish!
Jun Changxiao, brimming with rage, walked out from the great hall, then leaped up and landed on his contracted beast’s head, saying in a deep voice: “Depart!”
Awoo—
“Awoo—”
All disciples riding Hurricane Wolves transformed into streams of light, racing swiftly along the mountain path.
Screech!
The Demon Ridge Black Eagle flew toward the endless sky.
This time heading to Northeast Lu Province, Sect Master Jun not only brought a thousand wolf cavalry but also the Ning brothers and all the inner sect disciples—the battle formation was quite massive.
Jiang Xie didn’t go, staying behind to manage the sect.
Hall Master Li and some members of the Fine Rain Hall also went along, their purpose being to explore intelligence more quickly and obtain Lu Qianqian’s location.
This day.
The Wangu Sect’s elite forces were all deployed!
Dragons have reverse scales—touch them and die.
Every disciple of the Wangu Sect was Jun Changxiao’s reverse scale, so whoever dared to bully them would pay a painful price.
What’s more.
This was Lu Qianqian, his eldest disciple.
One could imagine that when Jun Changxiao led his disciples in a mighty procession to kill their way to Northeast Lu Province, they would surely stir up a storm of blood.
…
“Dean!”
At Heaven Oracle Academy, the Vice Dean hurriedly came to see him, saying: “We just received news that Jun Changxiao, that youngster, has left Qingyang Commandery with a large group of disciples!”
“Oh?”
Situ Haoyun said: “Where did he go?”
The Vice Dean said: “Based on the route, it seems he went to Northeast Lu Province!”
“Northeast Lu Province?”
Situ Haoyun frowned and said: “What’s he doing there?”
“Dean.”
Princess Honglian rushed over, frowning as she said: “I just received news that the Wangu Sect’s eldest disciple, Lu Qianqian, has been placed under wanted status by the Extreme Cold Palace in Northeast Lu Province.”
The Vice Dean said: “Could it be that youngster is leading people to Northeast Lu Province precisely because of this matter?”
Situ Haoyun frowned and said: “This is probably somewhat ominous!”
…
“What?”
At the Certification Main Hall, Yi Tianxing, upon receiving the news, stood up and exclaimed: “Sect Master Jun is leading people with killing intent toward Northeast Lu Province?”
“Yes!”
Elder Zhen said: “It seems a sect disciple was bullied.”
Yi Tianxing furrowed his brows.
He deeply understood that Jun Changxiao was extremely protective of his cubs. Years ago, when evil sects in Huayang Commandery bullied his disciples, he directly killed his way in and eliminated four of them.
This time, with a disciple being bullied in Northeast Lu Province, leading people to kill their way there was also very normal.
“But that’s Northeast Lu Province.”
Yi Tianxing collapsed internally and said: “Rashly leading disciples to kill our way there might involve the entire province’s forces!”
“No good, no good!”
He hurriedly ordered: “You four, go quickly. Sect Master Jun must not come to any harm.”
“Yes!”
This day.
Experts from Heaven Oracle Academy and the Certification Main Hall left Heaven Oracle Royal City one after another, heading precisely to Northeast Lu Province!
…
“Have you heard? Yesterday someone witnessed a large group of Wangu Sect disciples riding wolf beasts racing through the wilderness. That battle formation looked like they were going to war!”
Martial artists of Southwest Yang Province discussed it competitively.
The Wangu Sect had recently risen to fame, and every move it made would be infinitely magnified.
The Demon Fiend Sect and the God-Slaying Hall’s branch also received the news, and moreover knew the Wangu Sect was heading to Northeast Lu Province to seek justice for a disciple.
“Hmph.”
The Grand Hall Master sneered: “That guy thinks because two major organizations are covering for him, he can run rampant across Xingyun Continent?”
“Northeast Lu Province may be an ice and snow land, but its ice-attribute is extremely strong. The Extreme Cold Palace is entirely composed of ice-type martial cultivators. Though only fourth-rate, it’s not necessarily weaker than third-rate sects.”
A subordinate said: “His Wangu Sect brazenly killing their way there will definitely be thoroughly crushed.”
“So.”
The Grand Hall Master smiled and said: “Still too young. When encountering problems, he gets hot-headed, and in the end, he’s the one who gets hurt.”
“However, being taught a lesson by an outer province sect could also dampen that youngster’s arrogant spirit, letting him understand what ‘there are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens’ means.”
The Wangu Sect had connections with Heaven Oracle Academy and the Certification Hall that the two evil sect branches couldn’t provoke, so they always made themselves invisible, but hiding in the shadows, they definitely enjoyed watching the other party make a fool of themselves.
Their happy times wouldn’t last much longer.
In Sect Master Jun’s little notebook, he still remembered the debts owed by the two evil sects. Whenever he found time, he would definitely settle accounts with interest.
…
Whoosh, whoosh—
The north wind howled, the weather bitterly cold.
In the middle of an ice plain, within a hundred-mile radius there was only one inn. At this moment, martial artists were drinking hot wine and discussing recent events.
Creak!
The door was pushed open. A white-robed man walked in through the dancing goose-feather snow, then sat by the window.
“Young master, are you stopping for a meal or lodging?”
“A meal.”
“What would you like to eat?”
“Whatever.”
The waiter asked no more questions and soon brought up several dishes and a pot of wine.
The martial artists in the inn only glanced once before continuing their discussion, their words never straying from the mysterious white-robed woman.
“Brother Hao.”
Someone said, puzzled: “Recent events have spread widely throughout Lu Province. What’s really going on?”
The middle-aged man called Brother Hao said: “If we trace this matter deeply, the conflict occurred right here.”
“Here?” Many martial artists looked confused.
Brother Hao took a sip of wine and said: “The white-robed woman first appeared at this inn, then sat at… yes, right where this young friend is sitting now. She severed the hand of a martial cultivator, creating enmity with Snow Trail Valley, then was pursued by them, ultimately involving the Extreme Cold Palace.”
“Snow Trail Valley.”
The white-robed man sitting by the window said: “Where is it located?”
Brother Hao smiled: “Young friend, you look rather unfamiliar. You’re not from the ice plains, are you?”
The white-robed man turned his head and said: “Snow Trail Valley, where is it located.”
His voice and gaze were extremely cold. When everyone touched them, their scalps instantly went numb, and cold air rose from the soles of their feet!
Brother Hao’s smile froze on his face, his voice trembling: “A… along the ice plain heading east, about… about five hundred li and you’ll reach it.”
The white-robed man withdrew his cold gaze, drank a mouthful of hot wine, tossed down a tael of silver, stood up, and walked out.
“Brother Hao.”
A martial artist said in a low voice: “That guy is kind of strange!”
“Just from his gaze, he made fear arise in my heart. This person is definitely an expert!” Brother Hao said with a grave expression.
“Awoo!”
“Awoo!”
Suddenly, a series of wolf howls came from outside!
Brother Hao and the others hurriedly crowded to the window and saw a group of martial cultivators riding wolf beasts racing eastward.