After Ling Pengyun placed Ling Renye at the Mountain Sea Qian Clan branch in the Wood Origin Sea Region, he worried somewhat about the Fire Serpent Sect branch located in the Misty Water Immortal Sect next door. He thus traveled directly by escape technique toward the Misty Water Sea Region, one of the two great sea regions under the Misty Water Immortal Sect.
The two great territories under the Wood Origin Immortal Sect had now been comprehensively invaded by the Saint Demon Sect. Not only were the major forces under attack, but marketplaces throughout the sect's domains were likewise besieged by Saint Demon Sect devil cultivators and demon beasts from the Endless Demon Sea. Ling Pengyun therefore found it difficult to enter those marketplaces and use their Teleportation Arrays to cross the sea regions.
Only after spending nearly half a month did he finally reach the Fire Serpent Sect branch in the Misty Water Sea Region, under the Misty Water Immortal Sect.
The Fire Serpent Sect branch's situation was still fairly stable. Although demon beasts and devil cultivators occasionally stirred up trouble within its territory, their numbers were small.
Those devil cultivators were merely insignificant rabble, only daring to set their sights on the Low-Order Spirit Veins under the Fire Serpent Sect.
Fire Serpent Island, the Fire Serpent Sect's stronghold with its third-order fire vein, had remained safe and sound. No one dared touch it.
This put Ling Pengyun at ease. He had mainly feared that, seeing the Saint Demon Sect take the lead in invading the Wood Origin Immortal Sect, other demonic forces would follow suit.
But from the looks of it, the other demonic forces still possessed some sense—or perhaps they simply lacked the strength and did not dare provoke the major righteous forces too greatly.
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