The standoff outside the Jiemie Dao Field continued.
Meanwhile, inside the cave abode in the Desolate Star Sea, Zhou Ming and the others sat together, discussing their next move.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou Ming, do you think we should go take a look at the Southern Wasteland Star Domain?"
Hongchu suddenly spoke up, his eyes gleaming with eagerness.
"With so many Unity Realm cultivators surrounding Jiemie and his people, we might be able to fish out a few benefits amid the chaos."
"Fish out benefits?" Cangxuan glanced at him.
"You mean steal the True Saint insights?"
"That's not out of the question." Hongchu rubbed his chin.
"Jiemie and his bunch aren't good people anyway. They were the ones who sold information about us to the local cultivators back then."
"Now that people are blocking their doorstep, it wouldn't be unreasonable for us to go claim a share, would it?"
His words brought a brief silence to the cave abode.
Taichu frowned. "But there are dozens of Unity Realm cultivators over there."
"We won't gain anything by going."
"They might even treat us as a third faction and gang up on us too."
Houtu nodded as well. "Fellow Daoist Taichu is right."
"Those Unity Realm cultivators are all old monsters who have lived for who knows how many epochs. Their schemes run deep."
"If we rush over recklessly, we'll only get ourselves dragged in."
After hearing that, Hongchu deflated a little.
"So we're just letting it go?"
"No," Zhou Ming said.
Everyone turned to him.
Zhou Ming's expression was calm. "But not now."
"We aren't strong enough yet."
"Although I've recovered to the peak of the Unity Realm, I'm still only one person."
"Against dozens of Unity Realm cultivators, we have no chance of winning."
He paused, then continued.
"Once we've found