Outside Boundary County, three figures sped eastward.
Zhao Hong flew with Zhao Rui and Zhao Jun until they were well beyond Boundary County before stopping.
Looking at Zhao Rui and Zhao Jun, Zhao Hong, the grand elder of the Zhao Clan of Purple Mansion, wore a complicated expression. "This time, I miscalculated."
"I thought we were the oriole waiting behind the mantis as it stalked the cicada. Who knew a river-crossing dragon would arrive?"
Zhao Rui still felt a lingering chill of fear. "That Jiang Sheng was far too terrifying. He killed so many foundation establishment cultivators in barely a quarter of an hour!"
Zhao Hong turned to look at Qingping Mountain, a blurred mass in the darkness. "This time, you two have finally seen a true prodigy."
"Never think the Zhao Family is anything extraordinary. In Sea Commandery, we can still claim some standing, but across the whole of Qing Province, what do we amount to?"
"And although Qing Province's three great sects dominate the province, once they leave it, are they not just like everyone else?"
"Keep a heart of reverence and devote yourselves to cultivation. The Zhao Family's future still rests on you."
With that, Zhao Hong hurried away with Zhao Rui and Zhao Jun.
What had happened in Boundary County was too significant. So many of Sea Commandery's foundation establishment rogue cultivators had died at once, which undoubtedly benefited the Zhao Family. He needed to return to the Lineage immediately and deploy their forces to redistribute Sea Commandery's resources.
Meanwhile, on Qingping Mountain, Jiang Sheng was carefully watching the Jade-Green Lotus before him.
For this Azure Lotus, he had crossed Qingping Mountain into Sea Commandery, slain a Black Fire Snake on the verge of the purple mansion realm, then lain low in Sea Commandery for months