I breathed a sigh of relief and let the two disciples in to report their intelligence.
"Two immortals outside claim to have reached the Feather Transformation Realm. They brought a group of disciples and descendants, along with some demonic cultivators, to issue a challenge. They said they wanted to see the immortals of Sky City!" As the female immortal among the two disciples spoke, she glanced at Xue Qingcheng, then hurriedly lowered her head.
I immediately understood the reason, so I said, "Young City Lord Shenxue, I'm afraid the demonic cultivators saw you and me helping Windmist City out of trouble earlier. They assumed Sky City had intervened in the conflict between the two sides, so they came here in defiance."
"Nonsense." Xue Qingcheng snorted. She thought I was trying to cover up the fact that I had taken the two disciples to Sky City.
"Let's go out and take a look." I gave an awkward smile, then led the various leaders toward the dock. Windmist City now had several warships as well. It was said that some were hidden in the Hidden Mountain Region, where many warships and weapons were being crafted.
By now, the Hidden Mountain Region had become Windmist City's rear base. Most of the disciples cultivated there—it was also the outer sect of the Heavenly One Dao.
The demonic cultivators had surrounded the area near the dock but had not launched an attack. They had probably already tried and failed to enter Windmist City. Even those in the Feather Transformation Realm could not gain an advantage against the Suppression of Heaven Formation after the new power furnace had been activated. They had even suffered considerable losses. Thus, Windmist City was like an ironclad warship, still traveling toward the Earthblood ore vein.
When they saw Xue Qingcheng