Outside the outer city of Tianxia Immortal City stood a humble little courtyard.
"Third Uncle, the inner city is heavily guarded now. The ancestor asked me to tell you: under no circumstances must you act on impulse!"
"Also, Wu Shi Hong has already left the Purple Sky Sect for Purple Cloud Mountain and pledged allegiance to Zhou Ling. The ancestor suspects he is guarding against you making a move on Zhou Ling."
Inside the courtyard, a burly man in black robes spoke to a somewhat shorter middle-aged man.
His tone was grave.
He was Liu Po Lei of the Purple Sky Sect.
"Wu Shi Hong pledged allegiance to Zhou Ling? Has he gone mad?!"
"A Mid Soul Transformation cultivator, pledging allegiance to a Golden Core Cultivator."
"And that boy is the chief culprit behind the Purple Sky Sect falling to its current state!"
"Not only did Wu Shi Hong not kill him, he went to pledge allegiance to him instead. Does he still deserve to call himself a disciple of the Purple Sky Sect?!"
Hearing Liu Po Lei's words, the middle-aged man furrowed his brow and said in astonishment.
He was Liu Zheng Jia, the fugitive currently wanted throughout Tianxia Immortal City.
At this moment, however, he had used an art to alter his appearance.
He appeared to possess only Golden Core cultivation.
Furthermore, this was the outskirts of Tianxia Immortal City, more than a thousand li from the inner city.
Management here was comparatively lax.
And with the methods of a Mid Soul Transformation cultivator like him, ordinary cultivators would not find him so easily.
He had not expected Tao Yue to confess everything.
Had he known it would come to this, he should have killed him outright and shifted the blame onto Tao Yue.
Then he would not