"Patriarch, summoning all Dan Formation experts under heaven may encounter considerable resistance. The authority of the acting sect leader is still in the hands of the New Faction; I believe it should be reclaimed."
The Li Family head spoke.
"If he won, then he did well. Why reclaim it?" Dong Haichuan shot him a glance. "I trust he understands reason and sees the bigger picture. If he truly does not, I'll lend a hand myself."
After entering the city, the patriarchs took a brief look around at its condition, then arrived at the New Path Research Institute, the most heavily guarded place of all.
As the place most valued by the Celestial Empire's martial world, the New Path Research Institute possessed the most complete underground air-raid facilities. A crisscrossing network of tunnels had also been dug, leading directly beyond the city walls. The food and water stockpiled within were enough to sustain a thousand people for two years.
The original Martial Arts Alliance headquarters had in fact possessed underground shelters as well. But at the time, an insider had stirred up chaos, and Shen Haoran—who had yet to recover—was the only one capable of Sense Danger and Avoid. Thus, they had failed to detect the Foreigners' suicide-attack aircraft at the first opportunity.
But now, the patriarchs had returned, led by Patriarch Dong, a quasi-strategic-level expert. His Sense Danger and Avoid was far sharper than Shen Haoran's. Should Foreigners' aircraft come to attack again, he would sense the danger from far away, giving everyone ample time to enter the air-raid shelters.
With that, the only way for the Foreigners to break in was to advance with a massive army and crush their way forward.
"To cultivate talent, there must be a secure and stable base of operations. We must hold it