"Young Master Mo, what exactly happened?"
After returning to the inn, Elder Ji cautiously asked Mo Hua.
Though he was fond of pleasure, he had encountered all kinds of cultivators over the years and possessed a keen mind. At this moment, he too sensed that something was amiss.
Mo Hua had not wished to speak, but seeing Elder Ji's uneasy expression and inner apprehension, he thought for a moment, set down an array to block sight and sound, and slowly said:
"In Small Post City, every cultivator in the city is facing a Death Tribulation..."
Elder Ji's face changed in alarm.
"Then... the city gates..."
"The city gates have been sealed."
Elder Ji hurriedly said, "Should we force our way out?"
Mo Hua shook his head. "Several Golden Core Cultivators are guarding them. Their cultivation is not low—at least Golden Core Middle Stage. If we force our way through, we'll be hunted down, and there may be unforeseen changes in causality..."
"Golden Core Middle Stage?" Elder Ji was stricken with fear.
The Sect Master of the Azure Wolf Sect was only at the Golden Core Early Stage. For a very long time, he had even been the sole Golden Core Cultivator in Azure Wolf City.
Within the Azure Wolf Sect, no one dared defy his will.
Yet who would have thought that in this Small Post City, Golden Core Cultivators above the Golden Core Middle Stage would be sealing off the city?
And there was more than one...
Elder Ji looked at Mo Hua. "Then, Young Master Mo?"
Mo Hua pondered for a moment and said, "I'll go outside and inspect the situation, see if I can think of something. Stay in the inn and do not wander around."
Elder Ji considered it, then nodded. "Yes."
Afterward, Mo Hua left