At the same time.
After Ling Pengyun and the others departed, Ling Lihao, the Fourth Rank Talisman Master who alone guarded Golden Winged Mountain at the Lineage's Border Mountain, slowly walked out of the cave dwelling equipped with a Communication Array. He then went to a great bronze bell at the mountaintop and struck it several times.
"A Nascent Soul cultivator is ringing the bell? Could something major have happened?"
"Perhaps, but the Lineage is extraordinarily powerful now, and with someone as formidable as Old Ancestor Pengyun backing us, what is there to fear even if trouble comes knocking? You must know that on the eve of that Spirit Transformation battle three years ago, Old Ancestor Pengyun displayed strength surpassing that of Nascent Soul Completion cultivators."
"..."
The several thousand elite Lineage cultivators stationed on Golden Winged Mountain all stopped what they were doing upon hearing this, gazing toward the mountaintop with endless astonishment.
They then hurried toward a vast, open area halfway up the mountain.
Once everyone had arrived, Ling Lihao appeared before them.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Ling Lihao did not explain why he had summoned them. He merely relayed Ling Pengyun's orders: they were not to leave the mountain at will, and they were to head to the mountain storehouse to collect talismans, magical artifacts, and other combat supplies.
The same thing was now occurring throughout the Ling Clan.
For a time, the once incomparably peaceful Ling Clan seemed to turn into a wild wolf, ready at any moment to pounce upon an invading foe.
The surrounding Nascent Soul Forces were not blind either. They quickly learned of this disturbance and dispatched people to the Ling Clan to investigate.
Since they all belonged to the Righteous Path and shared deep mutual interests, the Ling Clan simply revealed