Jiang Ping An and Kou Jun lay in ambush across from the Pill Treasure Pavilion, waiting for the day the pills were handed over.
Kou Jun did not know that the person he was looking for was right beside him—and had even obtained a great deal of intelligence from him.
Kou Jun had been planning to ambush Jiang Ping An on the day of the pill exchange, but Jiang Ping An already knew that Ye Ming would retrieve the pills ten days later.
On the ninth day after the two arrived at Ye Clan Royal City, Jiang Ping An was drinking with Kou Jun when an urgent message suddenly came through Kou Jun's Sound Transmission Talisman.
"Brother Kou! This is bad! The Three-Legged Golden Crow broke free of the array and escaped!"
The message came from the Array Master Li XingYi.
"What!"
Kou Jun shot to his feet, spilling wine all over the table. His face was filled with shock and terror.
"That beast has been trapped by the array for so many years. Its realm had nearly fallen, and little immortal power remained in its body. How could it possibly break free and escape!"
"I don't know what happened either. The array chains suddenly shattered, and it swallowed everyone in the City Lord's Mansion in one gulp. A large number of Ye Clan Lineage cultivators have died. Brother Kou, what do we do now?"
Li XingYi was panic-stricken, no longer carrying the composure of an Earth Immortal.
He was responsible for maintaining the array in Golden Crow City, ensuring that it operated properly and preventing the Golden Crow from escaping.
This had originally been an easy post, one where almost nothing ever went wrong. He only needed to inspect the array whenever he happened to think of it.
But