"Split up and pursue them! If you engage, be sure not to let your guard down!" Xiao Jinsong went after High Person Ziqing. Seeing Lu Xiaotian and Xiang Yihang split up again, the Wind and Thunder Envoys frowned and went their separate ways. They had not necessarily come after them intending to capture all three. After all, they had already witnessed the trio's abilities; these were not people they could easily take down. But the intruders had stirred up trouble in the Xiao Household, and not only had they failed to keep them there, they had not even figured out who they were. That was humiliating. Even if they did not make a move, following them would at least reveal where they were fleeing and which faction they belonged to, making it easier to exact revenge later.
Of course, the Xiao Household's influence in Green Cauldron Province was far beyond what ordinary people could imagine. If the Green Cauldron Army, dispatched to put down the disturbance, could help them block these ill-intentioned intruders, so much the better. Even if they escaped the Xiao Household, they would still be within Green Cauldron Province, where there were plenty of ways to deal with them.
The Wind and Thunder Envoys had never been weak cultivators; they had already reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage and were especially skilled in combined secret arts. When they joined forces, their coordination was seamless, and even ordinary great cultivators had to be wary of them. Though they had split up now, both were confident that even if they could not win, withdrawing safely would be no difficult feat. They had also seen Lu Xiaotian and Xiang Yihang's techniques in battle and had a good idea of their speed. And speed was what the Wind