A bitterly cold night.
Wind and snow swept across the sky.
Gu Qingshan appeared out of thin air.
A set of old regulation scale armor lay on the ground. There was nothing else.
Gu Qingshan crouched on the cold stone tiles and gazed beyond the Lookout Platform.
Between the lofty mountains, scattered beacon fires were slowly dying out. Only wisps of black smoke rose faintly in the wind, blending into the night sky.
Across heaven and earth, only the howling wind could be heard.
A faint smell of blood drifted by on the wind, then quickly faded into the distance.
Roar--
It seemed someone let out a cry of anguish right after, but when Gu Qingshan sent out his divine sense to investigate, he found nothing.
It seemed to be too far from where I am.
Gu Qingshan had no choice but to give up.
The void suddenly stirred.
A jade token dropped in front of Gu Qingshan.
Gu Qingshan sent his divine sense into the token and quickly understood everything.
When a cultivator undergoing tribulation enters Mount Sumeru, the laws of Mount Sumeru automatically create a jade token and bestow it upon them.
Once the person undergoing tribulation obtained the jade token, they gained an identity within Mount Sumeru and learned some basic information.
The beacon fires had been lit at dusk.
Two quarters of an hour ago, the front line had collapsed completely.
Under these circumstances, the Lookout Platform had lost its purpose.
At last, the order to retreat had been issued.
Gu Qingshan was the Lookout Platform's guard, with the military rank of Platoon Leader. He was supposed to defend it to the death and could not leave without orders.
But now that the order had been given, he could escape.
After receiving all the information, Gu