Qingyang City, City Lord's Mansion.
Xiao Jingbai sat expressionlessly in the main hall.
Pei Jiang, warden of Qingyang City's Secret Intelligence Department, hurried into the main hall and took a square-folded letter from his Qi Eating Bag.
"City Lord, I've just received word that Feng'an City has claimed a batch of Deification Contracts. What I have here is the list of Training Grounds corresponding to those Contracts."
"Everything else is normal, except the Earth God guardian of one remote location claimed two Contracts."
"Substitute the plum for the peach? Someone from Feng'an City wants to go to the mortal world?" Xiao Jingbai raised a brow. "Does Lu Liang want to have a look, or has Lu Chengshan come up with some new scheme?"
"That isn't important." Pei Jiang shook his head. "A large-scale operation against Feng'an City isn't worth it. But sending someone to tamper with things and make this person deviate from their destination won't be difficult."
"The mortal world is vast. Even a slight deviation could mean a difference of tens of thousands of miles. If things go badly, Ghost Gate Pass could tear them to pieces."
"If that person is Lu Liang, City Lord can vent some of your anger. Even if it isn't, we'll still ruin Lu Chengshan's plans—a small bit of revenge. What do you think...?"
"You old bastard! You really are sinister!" Xiao Jingbai broke into a smile. "We'll do it."
The Calamity Demon King Wuyou had already been captured by Yin Mountain Prefecture. The path to enlightenment he had prepared for over a century had been forcibly interrupted, and he hated Feng'an City to the bone.
For the past several months, he had kept a close watch on Feng'an City, all to find an opening and avenge this grudge.
Unfortunately, Lu Chengshan and