Gu Long sat in a quiet room within the Inner Academy, his fingertip hovering over a map of the Inner Academy outlined in energy before him.
The map clearly marked the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and the flow of the energy veins around it.
He was simulating and deducing several methods for reinforcing the seal, his expression focused.
Suddenly, an inconspicuous Black Ring on his finger trembled slightly, emitting a faint fluctuation that only he could perceive.
This was a specialized artifact used within the Dragon Domain for urgent communication.
Gu Long's brows furrowed slightly as he halted his deductions.
He sent a thread of Soul Power into the ring, and a message personally encrypted and transmitted by Zhou Yu instantly flooded into his mind.
The contents of the message caused a trace of coldness to flash through Gu Long's calm eyes.
The message gave a detailed report on Xiao Yan's recent activities in the Black Corner Region, including several ambushes on lone travelers, his ruthless methods, and his plundering of resources.
The latest—and most outrageous—incident had taken place in ruins on the outskirts of the Black Corner Region, where Xiao Yan had brutally killed a six-year-old girl's Dou Shi grandfather right before her eyes.
He had then taken the Storage Pouch, turned a deaf ear to the little girl's desperate pleas, and left without a shred of mercy.
At the end of the message, it mentioned that an outer patrol squad from the Dragon Domain had happened to be carrying out a mission nearby.
Hearing the little girl's heart-wrenching cries, they had followed the sound and found only the old man's body, still warm, and the little girl crying so hard she was nearly unconscious.
The squad had made an immediate decision to rescue the girl and was