"Stay at the Misty Cloud Sect? I haven't visited Uncle Teng Shan in a long time. I'll stay with the Mittel Family in the Imperial Capital for a few months." After thinking it over, Xiao Yi Xian realized that was indeed possible. Of course, the most frightening possibility was that her master's enemies had set their sights on her. To keep herself from falling into their hands and making her master worry, she did not mind lying low for a while. But staying at the Misty Cloud Sect for months? Forget it. She did not get along with Yun Yun.
After what had happened, neither of them wanted to remain in Black Flame City. They returned to the Imperial Capital that very day. As for Mu Ling, the Misty Cloud Sect branch in Black Flame City would naturally handle him.
With Xiao Yi Xian quietly staying in the Imperial Capital, the entire empire once again settled into silence, with no major events worth noting.
Four months passed in this manner, and the entire Imperial Capital remained peaceful. However, in the Small Valley on the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range, Gu He had fallen into the awkward predicament of lacking energy.
Above the Small Valley, the hundred-zhang energy vortex seemed to have become a permanent feature of the landscape. It constantly gathered energy from the sky, and it had been doing so for nine months. After nine months of uninterrupted absorption, the energy density nearby had clearly fallen considerably, appearing much the same as the outer region of the Monster Mountain Range beyond it.
As the energy density declined, Gu He's hopes of absorbing more energy naturally came to nothing. If the concentration continued to fall like this, the hundred-zhang energy vortex above his head would likely be impossible to