Preparation for Body Tempering: Honored Xia? Lu Bianyitiao!

With a single sentence, Honored Xia settled the nature of the matter.

The subordinate forces below were somewhat unwilling, but they said nothing more. Instead, they exchanged glances, each of their eyes hiding their own thoughts.

The sudden emergence of a powerful expert from the Wei Clan was far too bizarre.

They had a number in their hearts regarding the Spirit Transformation cultivators of Yun Province, and even the nearby provinces. No one with such eerie and unfathomable methods had ever appeared before, so it was only natural that they could not make a firm judgment.

As they pondered, Honored Xia, seated above, spoke.

"This Venerable already has a fixed decision in his heart regarding this matter. After you return, first shrink back your spheres of influence. Do not come into conflict with the Wei Clan again."

"This..."

"Within three days at the latest, This Venerable will naturally give you all an accounting."

Yes, an accounting!

As the nominal number one expert of Yun Province, and also the true ruler of Yun Province, all immortal cultivation forces were under Cloud Mist Mountain's rule. Even marketplaces jointly established by rogue cultivators had to submit a portion of their income to Cloud Mist Mountain as tax, on time and in full.

By the same principle, Honored Xia also had the duty to shelter them.

That was where the word "accounting" came from.

After receiving a satisfactory reply, the three Nascent Soul Cultivators from the subordinate sects—aside from the Gate Master of the Purple Cloud Sect, whose expression remained gloomy—were quite delighted.

Competition in the Mountain Sea Realm had always been intense.

Nascent Souls who would have had some status in other Lesser Thousand Worlds often needed to attach themselves to Spirit Transformation experts in order to earn enough cultivation resources. Even then,