Ye Zhen's Talisman Signal had been personally sent to him by Cult Master Jian Qianxiong.
Its contents were much the same as what Hong Jiayin had described: it summoned Ye Zhen to Qinglan Martial Capital for the Jiazi Divine Sacrifice, with a few additional instructions.
There were still half a month until the Jiazi Divine Sacrifice. Ordinarily, it took martial artists two or three days to travel from Chihuo Martial City to Qinglan Martial Capital. With the Cloud Winged Tiger King as his Spirit Beast mount, Ye Zhen would likely need less than a day and a half.
Thus, Jian Qianxiong suggested that Ye Zhen need not hurry back to Qinglan Martial Capital. He could remain in Chihuo Martial City for another ten or so days, then depart two or three days before the Jiazi Divine Sacrifice.
In truth, Cult Master Jian Qianxiong had worried for nothing. Over the past two months, Chihuo Martial City had long since stabilized.
As for concerns that someone might cause trouble after Ye Zhen left, one only needed to look at the more than two hundred corpses hanging in every direction around Chihuo Martial City.
More than half of those two hundred-plus corpses belonged to Pulse Forging Realm martial artists who had caused trouble over the past two months. One corpse, with only half a leg left, had belonged to a second-layer Palace Opening Realm King.
That second-layer Palace Opening Realm King had sneaked into Tiger Mouth Gorge, intending to excavate the ruins of the Earth Fire Heart Palace. He had been discovered by the guards Ye Zhen had stationed there, and a conflict had broken out.
In the end, before that Palace Opening Realm King could display any of his regal might, he had been blasted to death by the Demon-Breaking War Crossbow