This was also what Zhou Yan wanted.
In the end, he still feared word getting out. The Pear Blossom Pavilion strictly forbade its disciples from entering Qin King's Ridge without permission, and they might face extremely harsh punishment.
Zhou Yan greeted each of the Immortal Cultivators in the search-and-rescue party before returning to Chen Yan.
"I truly have you to thank this time, Fellow Daoist Chen. I will certainly repay today's kindness someday."
Zhou Yan spoke toward Chen Yan.
"You're too kind, Fellow Daoist Zhou."
Chen Yan answered with a smile:
"Actually, I'm not the one you should thank. I'm merely working for the City Lord's Manor. It's entirely thanks to City Lord Wei's standing that so many seniors and fellow Daoists have come to lend their support on such short notice."
His words had already made his meaning perfectly clear.
As the Senior Brother among this generation of Glazed Mountain disciples, Zhou Yan also had a remarkable grasp of social dealings.
He understood exactly what Chen Yan was trying to convey.
This was not a favor Zhou Yan owed Chen Yan.
It was a favor Zhou Yan owed Wei Zhao, a favor he owed the City Lord's Manor.
Chen Yan had acted to secure the support of Glazed Mountain when the Wei Family truly established a foothold on the Heaven-Stabilizing Continent in the future.
The mist before the city gates gradually dispersed, and the Immortal Cultivators gathered there prepared to set out.
Lian Anzhi walked among the crowd, holding a small jade bottle filled with Miasma-Warding Pills.
With demonic miasma now thick within Qin King's Ridge, Immortal Cultivators who had yet to cultivate Destiny True Qi would very likely suffer miasma corrosion of their meridians if they entered without taking Miasma-Warding Pills.
If their meridians were corroded by the