Huang Ban arrived and headed straight for Ding Wei beneath the eaves. Cupping his hands, he greeted, "Sir."
Ding Wei asked, "Is everyone in place?"
Huang Ban replied, "Everything is in order. Personnel from every faction have been picked up, and replies from every department have confirmed that all arrangements are in place. Everything is normal."
"Mm." Ding Wei nodded. "Circumstances have changed. There is no longer any need to oversee the trainees as a whole, so you are free now. There is no need for you to keep guarding Gapwatch Manor either. Xuan Yao is temporarily no longer suited to remain stationed in Heaven-Questioning City. Have him keep his distance from suspicion for a while. You will temporarily take his place and hold this side down."
"Yes!" Huang Ban accepted with cupped hands, then tentatively asked, "This subordinate has only just arrived. I heard that Lan Ming came, so I asked around and heard that something happened here?"
Ding Wei nodded and shot him a sidelong glance. "That Niu Youdao is restless. Be careful. Do not act rashly or stir up trouble. Lie low for now."
"Understood." Huang Ban grasped the meaning.
When Taishu Shanhai and the others learned that Niu Youdao had come out, they once again hurried to where he was staying, only to be turned away again.
What exactly was going on? What had happened? Everyone was lost in the clouds, their hearts clawed at by a hundred scratching talons...
Azure Sky Sacred Land did not necessarily live up to its name. White clouds drifted leisurely across the sky, and a wholly azure blue was a rare sight.
Yet it was indeed a fine place, with endlessly enchanting scenery, like an immortal realm.
At the summit of that immortal realm, beneath the sunlight, there seemed