Smoke Ghost quickly left through the secret passage with the Azure Clan members bound up like twisted dough.
At this moment, outside the hall.
Executors in Justice Bureau attire had already surrounded the courtyard housing Azure Cloud Hall so tightly that not even water could leak through.
Falcon Joy Town, as a key town in the central region, had Mountain Sea Warehouse above it and two main cities to the east and west. No matter how covertly Lin Heng and Martial Man had traveled south from Guang'an City, they would still have left traces.
There was nothing wrong with Martial Man selling demon cores. Ordinary great demons would have been one thing, but taking Nascent Soul-level demon cores out to hawk around was undoubtedly treating the people of the Justice Bureau like fools.
Would they not monitor the flow of demon cores?
Anyone selling demon cores at this point in time was, eight or nine times out of ten, inseparable from the Immortal Wheel Secret Realm.
Fortunately, though, the problem was not too serious. The plan had been affected, but it had merely been moved ahead by a few days.
"Lord Lin, they've surrounded everyone. Why haven't they come in yet?"
"Most of the people in the Justice Bureau are ordinary men. Even if there are cultivators among them, they generally aren't strong. They must have come in a hurry, and their real reinforcements haven't arrived yet."
Lin Heng's expression did not ripple in the slightest. He formed a seal with one hand, and a crimson light suddenly appeared in his palm, turning into a long, slender streak that circled several times in the air before rapidly spreading out like fireworks.
A thin flame barrier enveloped all of Azure Cloud Hall. This flame barrier could not only block the outside