Du Jiao and Lan Xueyun exchanged a glance. The two women respectively unleashed a Flying Eagle Puppet Beast and a Golden Centipede Puppet Beast, sending them pouncing toward the five Qi Refining Cultivators attacking Mystic Moon Peak.
Leading the Zhao Family was Zhao Guangyi, an Azure-Robed Elder in his early sixties at the Ninth Level of Qi Refining.
The Zhao Family and the Xue Family were neighbors, but the Zhao Family was affiliated with the Lu Family and had two Core Formation Cultivators, whereas the Xue Family was affiliated with the Wang Family and had yet to produce a Core Formation Cultivator.
More than a dozen desolate islands lay along the border between the Zhao and Xue Families. They had no Spirit Veins, and the cost of stationing people there was too high, so neither side had sent anyone to guard them.
Not long ago, Zhao Family descendants had accidentally discovered a Jade Stone Vein beneath one of the desolate islands. They sent people to occupy the small Jade Stone Vein and mine it in secret, but several Xue Family descendants stumbled upon it. The Zhao Family had intended to kill them to silence them.
Profound Moon Island lay on the edge of the Wang Family's territory, so it was impossible for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to be stationed there. As long as they eliminated that fleeing Xue Family descendant, the Zhao Family could swallow the Jade Stone Vein whole. If all else failed, they could only notify the Lu Family—this was the worst-case scenario.
Jade Stone Veins were Tier 3 Crafting Materials that could be used to refine Magic Treasures such as Alchemy Furnaces and Artificing Furnaces. A small Jade Stone Vein was worth five or six million Spirit Stones. With such a huge piece of cake before them, the