These past few days,
as more and more Devil Cultivators appeared outside Barbaric City,
the atmosphere, which had relaxed somewhat with the arrival of the supply fleet, swiftly tightened again with Barbaric City's lockdown.
Under the orders of the City Lord's Mansion, all factions, and even Rogue Cultivators, were integrated together,
in preparation for the difficult trial they would soon have to face.
There had yet to be any response from Soul Severing City.
It was unknown whether the front lines were still discussing countermeasures, or whether a response had long since been sent, only for the Communication Talisman to be intercepted along the way.
But no matter what the true reason was,
an approaching great battle could no longer be avoided.
For a time,
an oppressive feeling, like storm winds filling the tower before the mountain rain, shrouded the entire Barbaric City.
Amid this tense atmosphere,
Shen Changchuan did not do much, not even entering secluded cultivation.
He merely patrolled the city from time to time and made public appearances, boosting everyone's morale while guarding against Devil Cultivator spies slipping inside to cause destruction.
Senior Sister Wei had not asked him to do these things; Shen Changchuan had taken the initiative himself.
In truth,
these past few days,
as the current acting City Lord of Barbaric City, Senior Sister Wei had official duties piled as high as mountains.
Matters such as arranging the cultivators of the many factions currently gathered in Barbaric City left her thoroughly frazzled.
Naturally, she had no time to arrange anything for Shen Changchuan.
Yet this suited Shen Changchuan perfectly.
Although, under his leadership, Great Bay Village—once merely a small village in the Border Wasteland—had rapidly developed over a few short decades into the now-renowned Big Bay City of the Tiannan Domain's Cultivation World,
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