It's a pity that Jiang Liu can't simulate the aura of the Corpse Valley, otherwise he could impersonate a member of the Corpse Valley. However, now that he knows so many of the Corpse Valley's strongholds, if he continues searching, he should be able to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.
Even if they can't finish them off, there shouldn't be many left. Jiang Liu was quite satisfied with this tracking operation, as he now knew the location of all the Corpse Valley outposts in this area perfectly.
However, the most important thing now is to get the message back to the Exotic Beast Valley, which seems to be the only option. As for the two of them, we'll leave them there at the Ascension Tower now.
After thinking it over, Jiang Liu picked one up in each hand and used his movement technique to head towards the Mountain City.
Before long, Jiang Liu leaped over the city wall, while the people patrolling on the wall remained oblivious. Jiang Liu determined his direction and headed towards the Ascension Tower.
Soon, the five-story pavilion of Ascension Tower came into Jiang Liu's view.
As soon as Jiang Liu approached the Ascension Tower, he released his aura, and soon six figures flew out of the Ascension Tower: one Minor Grandmaster and five ninth-rank martial artists.
The leader, who possessed the strength of Minor Grandmaster, immediately cupped his hands and said to Jiang Liu, "Senior, is there anything I can help you with?"
Jiang Liu waved his hand and said, "Uncle Bai, there's no need for such formalities. I am Jiang Liu."
"Jiang Liu?" Upon hearing this, Bai Zongyu stared wide-eyed at Jiang Liu, scrutinized him closely, and said in disbelief, "Nephew Jiang has advanced to the Grandmaster level?"
Jiang Liu nodded, then took out his identity token from the Ascension Tower and handed it over, saying, "Uncle Bai, let's go in first! Find two secret rooms to settle these two people; I still have a use for them."
"Okay! I'll arrange it right away." Bai Zongyu responded, took Jiang Liu's identity token, confirmed it, and then waved his hand behind him. Immediately, two people came up and carried the two into the Ascension Tower.
Afterwards, Bai Zongyu returned Jiang Liu's identity token to Jiang Liu and led him into the Ascension Tower, heading directly to the top floor. The two sat down in the secret room on the top floor.
Jiang Liu didn't stand on ceremony and immediately said, "Uncle Bai, please send someone to the Ascension Tower in Qi City to have someone from the Exotic Beast Valley come here and give my code to Elder Bai. He will know what to do."
It turns out that ever since Jiang Liu was attacked last time, Elder Bai was worried about Jiang Liu's safety, so he specially left Jiang Liu a secret code so that Jiang Liu could send a message to the Exotic Beast Valley to notify him, and he would immediately bring people to come and provide support.
This time, Jiang Liu planned to wipe out everyone in Corpse Valley in one fell swoop, so he asked Elder Bai to bring his men over to prevent them from escaping again due to insufficient preparation.
Bai Zongyu took the secret letter from Jiang Liu and went out to make arrangements.
A short while later, Bai Zongyu returned. As soon as he came in, he said to Jiang Liu, "Nephew, it's getting late. How about we stay here for the time being?"
Jiang Liu nodded. He also planned to wait here for Elder Bai to arrive, especially since it was already so late.
Afterwards, Bai Zongyu personally led Jiang Liu to the front of one of the courtyards in the back courtyard complex.
As soon as Jiang Liu stepped into the courtyard with Bai Zongyu, a female attendant immediately came forward, bowed, and said, "Master, Young Hero Jiang."
Jiang Liu and Bai Zongyu nodded, and Bai Zongyu casually instructed, "You can stay here and serve them!"
Then, Bai Zongyu turned to Jiang Liu and said, "Then, my dear nephew, I won't disturb you any longer. We can talk in detail tomorrow." After saying that, Bai Zongyu turned and left the courtyard.
Jiang Liu entered the room and found it to be quite well-organized. He then said to the waitress standing to the side, "You can go out now! I can manage on my own here."
The waitress looked troubled and said, "But the master instructed me to stay here to serve Young Master Jiang, I'm afraid..."
Jiang Liu shook his head and said, "It's alright, you can go now! I'll explain to your lord!"
The waitress then bowed, turned and left the room, heading towards the courtyard.
As soon as the waitress stepped out of the courtyard, she saw Bai Zongyu standing outside and quickly went up to him to greet him, saying, "Master."
Bai Zongyu nodded and said, "You may leave now! I understand!"
The waitress nodded, turned and left. Bai Zongyu pondered for a moment, then also turned and left.
Jiang Liu didn't care what they were doing. After washing up, he sat cross-legged on the bed and began to meditate and rest.
Jiang Liu waited calmly at Ascension Tower for eight days, but Elder Bai and the others still hadn't arrived.
However, news has already arrived from Ascension Tower that Elder Bai and the others are on their way.
For the first few days, Li Chunyang was calmly carrying out his daily patrols at the City Lord's Mansion. However, the longer it went on, the more uneasy he became, since Bai Shu had been out delivering messages for so many days and still hadn't returned with any news.
But his only contact was Bai Shu, so there was nothing he could do even if he was anxious; he could only wait for a reply. Moreover, Jiang Liu hadn't contacted him for so many days, so he was probably waiting for someone from the Exotic Beast Valley to come.
If Jiang Liu had already discovered that he had a problem, he would have come to find him long ago, so he could still wait for news with peace of mind.
As for Bai Shu not returning, he must have been delayed while arranging tasks with the people in Corpse Valley. That should be the case, Li Chunyang made up an excuse for himself.
Finally, on the tenth night, Bai Zongyu sent someone to tell Jiang Liu that Elder Bai had arrived outside the city and that, in order not to alert the enemy, he would not enter the city.
Jiang Liu nodded, and then followed Bai Zongyu out of the Mountain City.
Bai Zongyu led Jiang Liu to a dense forest outside the Mountain City. As soon as they approached the forest, Jiang Liu sensed that there were quite a few people inside, and they were accompanied by many strange Exotic Beast.
Before Jiang Liu even entered the dense forest, Elder Bai, Elder He, and five Minor Grandmaster elders came out together, followed by someone who should be from the Ascension Tower.
"Haha! I didn't expect that you've already advanced to the Grandmaster level in just over two years!" Elder Bai laughed as he walked out of the dense forest.
"Elder Bai, Elder He, and all elders, greetings." Jiang Liu quickly bowed.
"Greetings, elders of the Exotic Beast Valley!" Bai Zongyu quickly bowed in greeting.
"Alright! Alright! No need for formalities. This is urgent, let's get started right away!" Elder Bai said decisively.
Upon hearing this, Bai Zongyu quickly took his leave, saying, "Seniors, we'll take our leave now." After all, this was an internal matter of the Exotic Beast Valley, and it wasn't appropriate for him to stay.
Elder Bai nodded, and Bai Zongyu left with the messenger from Ascension Tower.
Then, Jiang Liu recounted what he knew. Elder Bai, Elder He, and the other Minor Grandmaster and elders listened to Jiang Liu's account.
They stared at Jiang Liu in disbelief, wondering if Jiang Liu had made a mistake. They hadn't expected that three of the Core Disciple were from Corpse Valley.
Jiang Liu sighed, nodded, and confirmed the accuracy of the information once again. He had subsequently questioned the two people from Corpse Valley through various means, and the information he received was always the same.
Jiang Liu understood the feelings of Elder Bai, Elder He, and the other elders. Seeing that all of them had gray hair and were still traveling for days to get things done, he knew that the Exotic Beast Valley needed the younger generation.
Jiang Liu wouldn't dare say whether the fact that the Exotic Beast Valley had such a severe fault line was due to the Corpse Valley, but it was definitely related.
Elder Bai, Elder He, and the other elders could only sigh, then their anger flared. They then began assigning tasks to those tasked with the encirclement and suppression.
While the group in the Exotic Beast Valley were assigning tasks, a Man in Black appeared in front of the giant rock cave where Corpse Valley was hiding.
The Man in Black placed his hand on the boulder and knocked a few times, but after waiting a while, there was still no response.
"It should be here! Why isn't there any response? Is no one inside? Or did they just go out?" the Man in Black muttered to himself. "Then I'll wait here and see."