Things on his side were quiet and peaceful, his strength rising steadily.
The other end, however, was miserable.
On the second night after Wang Yu left Stone Lake City, the Foundation Establishment envoy sent by Vulture Peak Sect was still wondering where his disciple had gone.
He searched for an entire day and found nothing. After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, he discovered that Yuan Qu was missing too, and he flew into a rage at once.
Fortunately, at Tunnel Entrance Four, he found a large number of young women who had been abducted, around eight hundred in all—more than half again as many as in previous years. Only then was he satisfied.
He casually pulled over a Qi Refining Cultivator and asked, "Where is your City Lord Yuan?"
This subordinate just so happened to be the Qi Refining Third Layer cultivator from that afternoon. Suddenly seized by a Foundation Establishment expert, he hurriedly saluted respectfully and answered, "City Lord Yuan assigned tasks during the day, then went outside the city to Bamboo Cottage to look for the Old City Lord."
The envoy's brows tightened, and he keenly sensed a problem.
"During the day? These people were captured in broad daylight?"
"Yes..."
"You bastard! Didn't I tell you to help look for Wang Wu? How did you dare go out and seize people in broad daylight?!!"
The cultivators nearby who heard this were all somewhat at a loss. Someone gathered his courage and said, "My Lord, they're just some lowly commoners. Capturing them won't stir up any waves. There's nothing to worry about."
When the Foundation Establishment envoy heard this, his face and neck flushed thick with anger, and he sucked in several harsh breaths like an ox.
"Fools! You have no idea how formidable the Heavenly Void Sword