Eastern Region.
Pai Xiao Xing stretched its jointed limbs, flexing and curling its feelers as it freely caught floating algae and stuffed them into its mouth.
Southern Region.
Liang Residence, Pingyang Prefecture.
"Planning an attack on Lan Province? Are the intelligence and evidence conclusive?" Su Guishan set down his chopsticks and folded up the letter.
"There's no evidence. The intelligence was obtained by the Ape King!" Long Binglin spoke without the slightest hesitation.
"The White Ape again?"
Su Guishan found it unbelievable.
Last time, it had been the White Ape that provided the lead on the Ghost Mother Sect's Alchemy Branch offshoot. They had followed the clue and seized it in one stroke, earning great merit. And now it was the White Ape again. Could it have planted an "inside agent" within the Ghost Mother Sect—had a "ghost" there? That shouldn't have been possible.
Su Guishan paced as he pondered.
The White Ape was wanted by the Flood Dragons throughout the entire Huai River. It had nowhere to plant so much as a needle in the whole Great Marsh. The Turtle King had confirmed as much: the martial world's kill order had been sent to other rivers and even out to sea. The Central Court had even formed some Great Huai Army, with ten Great Demons alone among its ranks. Every beast had the right to kill it.
Even if they could not kill it, anyone with solid intelligence could claim a reward. There was simply no way for it to build up any forces; the moment anyone got involved, they would be placed under the Flood Dragons' bounty.
Yet according to the intelligence obtained from Liang Qu, this Pacifying Huai General seemed to be thriving in the Jiang Huai Great Marsh, stirring up wind and rain, with whatever intelligence