"Master Huo, I saw the fireworks signal you mentioned. It went up from that little city at the foot of the mountain."
That evening, while Huo Yuanhong was looking through intelligence on the various forces of the True Realm, a youth from the Ji Family came running over to deliver the news.
"Good. I'll head out for a while. I'll bring you back some candied hawthorns."
Huo Yuanhong rose to his feet.
These past days, he had had some youths keep watch below the mountain, alert for any fireworks signals.
He would not remain in the True Realm for long. Any debts of gratitude he could settle, he would settle as soon as possible.
At the same time, the Second Elder was also called out of his room.
"What? They were taken by people from the Demon Sect? Wasn't there an Elixir Strength expert guarding them? And with all those mechanisms, even several Elixir Strength experts shouldn't have been able to break in. How could they have been taken?"
"That Elixir Strength expert was taken too."
The messenger hurriedly added, "It seems Shentu Jing may have come from the Demon Sect."
Shentu Jing!
That name was like a bucket of icy water poured over the Second Elder.
This was an Inner Gang Grandmaster who had been famous for many years—the Demon Sect's previous old sect master. Only when he had little lifespan left had he become a Grand Elder, serving as a slumbering reserve force.
As an expert of a Martial Immortal family, he knew better than anyone just how powerful Inner Gang was. Killing a peak Elixir Strength expert like himself would take hardly any effort at all.
"Quick! Go find Grandfather!"
At this point, only Ji Yanchang and the Ji Family's Second Granduncle had the ability to save