Sometimes, things took unexpected turns!
Ye Zhen had not expected the matter at Clear Water Wharf to develop like this.
The news Ye Zhen received was that only a few breaths after he left, Zhu Ling, the Internal Affairs Hall Master, vomited blood. Yes, he directly sprayed out a mouthful of blood.
Then Zhu Ling hurried to Clear Water Wharf in utmost haste, because... Clear Water Wharf had been seized.
Within just half an hour after the disturbance erupted at Clear Water Wharf, the Heavenly Net Sect branch stationed in Clear Water Martial City silently moved into Clear Water Wharf. Facing little resistance, it took control of the wharf.
The dozen or so Soul Sea Realm martial artists stationed there were simply no match for the invading Pulse Forging Realm experts of the Heavenly Net Sect.
As for the Sun Moon Divine Cult branch also located in Qinghe Martial City, it received no call for aid at all, because the remaining Soul Sea Realm martial artists at Clear Water Wharf simply lacked the authority or means to contact the Sun Moon Divine Cult branch.
By the time the Sun Moon Divine Cult branch master discovered something was amiss at Clear Water Wharf, the Heavenly Net Sect had already occupied it.
Zhu Ling, branch master of the Sun Moon Divine Cult in Clear Water Martial City, had given special instructions beforehand. He immediately led men in an attempt to retake it, because Qinghe Martial City generated enormous profits, and the Sun Moon Divine Cult had stationed far more personnel there than the relatively less profitable Heavenly Net Sect.
However, they met the Heavenly Net Sect's desperate resistance. Before the battle could be decided, reinforcements from the Heavenly Net Sect in Qinglan Martial Capital arrived at Clear Water Wharf and directly forced