Early the next morning, at the Hillside Wooden Tower.
Chen Mu stood by the window of the second-floor Meditation Chamber, looking down the mountain.
Three enormous Cloud Bat Airships were breaking through the clouds, spewing billowing white smoke as they slowly descended to the ground.
With a twitch of his ear, the scene near Ping River Dock appeared in his mind.
Just like when he had first arrived, groups of bewildered Lower Academy Disciples were slowly making their way toward E'yang Mountain under the guidance of Old Liu from the Affairs Office.
"Another Lower Courtyard Earth Vein has collapsed? Aren't the elders of E'yang Mountain going to do anything about it?" Chen Mu frowned slightly.
Thinking of how the Lei Family had been making a big show of recruiting people to build ships, realization dawned on him. "The high-level Qi Refining cultivators on E'yang Mountain have probably decided to abandon Goose Sheep Dao's territory completely and focus on preparing to relocate."
With that thought, he turned and returned to the low couch in the Meditation Chamber. He sat down, picked up the Jade Slip containing the Mustard Seed Spell from the low table beside him, and examined it closely.
"That works too. The sooner we leave, the safer we'll be."
With the crisis of Earth Spirit Vital Qi dissipating ahead and the Dragon Locking Institute stirring up trouble behind the scenes, Chen Mu had always felt that Yunzhou's situation was strange and dangerous.
The Mustard Seed Spell had twenty-eight foundational Spell Talismans. There were many of them, but each individual talisman seemed only moderately difficult.
"No wonder the Lei Family is using this secret art as a test. Since the Spell Talismans can be mastered one by one in sequence, it makes assessment much easier." Chen Mu understood.
The night