Counterattack

Yulian tilted her head at Wang Ping's question. "Mozhou Road lies in the heart of the Southern Cultivation World and borders Nanlin Road. A place like this was bound to be a battlefield on all sides, just like Pingzhou Road and Beiyuan Road in the north. They've been purged even more brutally these past years, fighting wars almost every day. We have it pretty good here."

As her words fell, Xia Weny landed before Wang Ping and clasped his fists. "Master, Internal Affairs has confirmed predecessor Ke Yue's intelligence. Most Cultivators from 'First Day' are hiding among Shuijiang Prefecture's prefectural troops. In several towns around Shuijiang Prefecture, we also found Cultivators from the Taiyin Sect, Vajra Temple, and Earth Cave Sect."

"It's common enough for those three sects to have Cultivators there, isn't it? What makes them different?" Yulian asked.

"They are almost all gathered in groups of ten or more. They also all migrated to Mozhou Road within the past half year and joined the local prefectural troops."

Wang Ping let out a breath. "Fellow Daoist Wu Quan nearly ruined my great undertaking!"

In his original plan, the future war to counterattack Linshui Prefecture would inevitably require integrating Mozhou Road's prefectural troops. If he had truly followed that original plan, then even if he could block this attack from Linshui Prefecture, he would suffer a crushing defeat in the future counterattack.

"Predecessor Wu Quan may not have been targeting you, Master," Xia Weny said. "He is plotting against Daoist Zhi Gong of Haizhou Road."

He was reminding Wang Ping that falling out with Wu Quan now would bring no benefits at all.

Wang Ping nodded, setting the matter aside. "Handle this according to your plan. Go all out. There is no need to worry about anything else."

"Yes!"

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