"So that's how it was."
The situation at Cloud Hidden Sect was even worse than he had imagined. Fortunately, he had returned in the nick of time. Speaking of which, it truly was a coincidence. If he had been delayed even a little longer, the fate of Cloud Hidden Sect would have been hard to say—but the four girls before him would certainly have had their souls return to the underworld.
At that thought, a trace of pity appeared in Lin Xuan's gaze. He still valued these disciples of his very highly.
"Master, what should we do now?"
Along the way, Shangguan Ling had originally been the one making the decisions. But now that they had reunited with Lin Xuan, naturally, everything should follow their master's lead.
"What should we do? First, we return to Cloud Hidden Sect."
Before Lin Xuan's words had even fallen, azure light surged all over his body, enveloping the four women together. Then, like wind racing and lightning flashing, he shot toward the horizon.
From his disciples' mouths, Lin Xuan had already learned the current state of Cloud Hidden Sect. It was far worse than he had first imagined. The vast majority of the Restrictions were in a half-destroyed state.
Although those Heavenly Demons were not faring well either, after experiencing that great battle, they had likewise suffered a tremendous loss of vitality. At present, they were waiting for reinforcements from the Heavenly Demon Domain to repair things. Logically speaking, they should not make any major moves during this period.
But in the cultivation world, who would dare guarantee anything?
What if they refused to play their cards according to common sense?
Although the odds of that were not high, under such circumstances, Lin Xuan still did not dare take the risk!
After learning the