But even if they succeeded, Tao Yushan and the others would have nowhere to stay. They might even be hunted to death by the capital's experts. With the capital's current strength, it could absolutely do that. Their family members and relatives in the capital would all be killed as well.
The dozen or so Temple members exchanged glances. They all knew this was impossible, so they said nothing more. After chatting with Fu Nian for a couple of minutes, they left.
Fu Nian stared at their retreating backs but found nothing suspicious. Still, he felt that something was wrong. Spending an entire year on the edge of life and death had made Fu Nian's sixth sense extremely sharp. Just now, he had even suspected that the Temple members might attack him.
"You felt that something was off too, didn't you?" Lu Yang walked over from nearby and quietly asked Fu Nian.
Fu Nian's expression was somewhat grave. If the Temple had truly betrayed them, it would be an enormous loss for the capital. He said, "Don't spread this outside. I'll hand everything here over to the Temple. Come back with me."
Lu Yang nodded.
That night, Fu Nian brought Lu Yang back to the capital. Fang Lei and Li Bing returned with them as well and recuperated at the academy, less than fifty meters away from Lu Yang's training room.
Fu Nian took the level-three magic core. By the next morning, he had brought back a large number of level-two magic cores and distributed them among Lu Yang, Fang Lei, and the others.
Lu Yang stayed in his room, absorbing the magic cores to cultivate. Over the course of an entire month, his strength rapidly rose from level seven to level nine. At the same time, the war along the