Killing Gonglei Grand Scholar was a crucial part of Jiang Yue and the others' plan. The operation had been complicated, but the results were even better than they had expected. Almost nothing had gone wrong along the way, and there was no risk of their cover being blown.
After leaving the depths of the cave, they sealed it off again. This area was part of Jiang Yue's jurisdiction as the "Water Engineer Scholar," so under normal circumstances, no one would dare barge in.
After the war broke out, the Enigmatic Caves, a popular gathering place for adventurers, had been placed under lockdown. Adventurers had been forbidden from entering for ten days. Those who had been in the vicinity had already received orders and been gradually cleared out.
After all, the Five Elements Academy had announced that any adventurer who failed to leave by the deadline would be treated as a spy and killed without mercy.
The Five Elements Academy was one of the three great academies, and this was its territory. What adventurer would dare defy them? Naturally, everyone had the sense to leave.
At a time like this, no adventurer would get carried away and try to test the Five Elements Academy's temper.
Wasn't killing a few disobedient adventurers as easy for the Five Elements Academy as squashing ants?
So even if a handful of foolhardy adventurers were still lying low in the Enigmatic Caves, there couldn't be many of them.
As for Jiang Yue's jurisdiction, he and his men had already patrolled it countless times, making sure there were no stragglers moving around inside.
So after sealing off the cave, he had nothing to worry about.
Even if someone did wander into the area now, the scene of Gonglei Grand Scholar's death had already been wiped clean. There