The Beginning of Factional Divisions Within the Hundred Spirits Sect (3400 words, please subscribe)

Half a month later.

A black flying boat several dozen zhang long flew into the White Cloud Mountain Range. It traveled all the way to the foot of a Second Rank High Grade spirit mountain within the Cloud Stepping Ridge region before coming to a halt, hovering in the sky.

The next moment, a figure flew out from that Second Rank High Grade spirit mountain and stopped before the flying boat.

It was Ling Pengyun's brother-in-law, Wu Yan.

He called out to Ling Pengyun, who stood upon the deck of the flying boat.

"Cousin Pengyun, all the disciples of my sect stationed in this region have already withdrawn. This territory now belongs to your clan."

Ling Pengyun replied with a smile, "Many thanks, Brother-in-law."

"It is my duty. There is no need for thanks."

"By the way, that Golden Core Middle Stage Thunder Essence Great Peng occupying the Third Rank Low Grade Thunder Vein within Cloud Stepping Forest is exceedingly ferocious. Every ten days or half a month, it leads the demon beasts under its command out of Cloud Stepping Forest to expand its territory. It even seems intent on reclaiming the entire Cloud Stepping Ridge region."

"You must be on guard against this."

"It would be best to leave behind a Golden Core cultivator to oversee this region. Otherwise, one misstep could cause needless casualties, or even allow that Thunder Essence Great Peng to seize vast stretches of territory."

After saying this, Wu Yan considered Ling Pengyun's ruthless nature and his skill at refining demon beast bodies into demon corpses. To keep his cousin-in-law from inviting disaster, he deliberately added another warning.

"There is one more thing, cousin. That Thunder Essence Great Peng is a fierce general from the Thunder Essence Great Peng Clan, a subordinate of the Crimson