Li Yuanba returned to the outpost and found that most of the Sword Cultivators stationed there had come back.
The Sword Cultivators who had not returned had either been delayed by something or had fallen.
Still, compared to the White Emperor Sect's losses, Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion's side had suffered far less.
Even among cultivators of super forces, there were differences. Not every cultivator of the White Emperor Sect excelled at fighting. The White Emperor Sect was a vast enterprise, with many cultivators skilled at management and auxiliary professions.
Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion, among the super forces, was the most special. Sword Cultivators were a combat profession by nature, and any Sword Cultivator's fighting strength would be more formidable than that of an ordinary cultivator of the same rank.
This time, Sword Intent Soaring Pavilion had launched a surprise attack on the White Emperor Sect and slain large numbers of Nascent Soul cultivators. On the surface, it seemed not to affect the White Emperor Sect's combat strength much, but it would definitely have no small impact on the White Emperor Sect's standing in Western Yan.
"Grandmaster Li!" Perhaps because Great Cultivator Lou's form of address for Li Yuanba had spread, the Sword Cultivators who saw Li Yuanba now all called him Grandmaster.
Li Yuanba responded with a smile. He could see the longing in the eyes of quite a few Sword Cultivators here.
In any case, the next stretch of time would be a standoff, so he could take on some alchemy work.
As long as he did not accept the refinement of Great Cultivator-level Fourth Grade Spiritual Pills, pills for Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators would not take him much time.
On this mission, he had not even counted as warming up, mainly because he had not encountered any