Chen Mu's cave dwelling.
Grilled meat slices, steamed meat cakes, rice-flour steamed ribs, pill furnace braised meat, and four or five quick-fried vegetable dishes filled the square table to the brim.
"The Cloud Bat Airship is still bringing people to Jade Spring Mountain?" Chen Mu asked as he carefully chewed a piece of grilled meat.
"You haven't heard that Six Linked Mountains was taken?" Shang Huan asked with an oily grin from across the table.
The Other Courtyard was expanding its territory again?
"Are they planning to occupy all five mountains?" Chen Mu raised a brow.
First Mist Smoke Mountain, then Six Linked Mountains—the Other Courtyard's intentions were already obvious.
"How could one allow others to snore beside one's bed?" Shang Huan chuckled.
Chen Mu could not help thinking of the Yinhun unrest at Mist Smoke Mountain.
It truly was unsafe not to drive away the local powers nearby.
"There's gossip that the Dao Lord intends to turn this place into the Second Upper Courtyard," Old Hao added from beside them.
"The Cloud Bat Airship isn't only transporting Dagan Warriors. It's also bringing those senior brothers at the sensing realm from the Upper Courtyard."
"If this were just an ordinary Lower Courtyard, they wouldn't be sending so many people here."
Chen Mu nodded thoughtfully.
The cave dwelling where he lived was now suffused with vital energy, its concentration already reaching a third of what it had been at the Cold Moon Mountain Training Ground.
With such a good environment, turning it into the Second Upper Courtyard was not impossible.
"If it becomes the Second Upper Courtyard, more people will mean better business for me."
"But if there really are too many people, we might not be able to stay on Jade Spring Mountain." Shang Huan looked rather conflicted.
"Because of