Bai Xiaowen put away the Seven Strategies of Jiran.
The two of them gazed at the mountains below Black Heaven Peak and fell briefly silent.
Chen Rong was the first to break it. "Are you leaving?"
Bai Xiaowen nodded, then shook his head. "The Black Heaven Cult still has quite a few branch strongholds in the north. I plan to wait until they've been destroyed, then leave with the martial artists who want to follow me."
"The remaining Black Heaven Cult branches probably won't pose much of an obstacle..."
A faint blush rose to Chen Rong's cheeks, and a hint of sweetness entered her expression. "Still, thank you."
Bai Xiaowen: "???"
It seemed Sect Master Chen had once again jumped to some strange conclusion.
But Bai Xiaowen had a reason to stay a few more days. The Epic Tier quest [Black Heaven's Destruction] required most of the Black Heaven Cult's branches to be wiped out. They had only destroyed its headquarters so far, and no quest completion notice had appeared.
He could use the time to earn some more contribution with the Supreme Clarity Sect, select a few pieces of Dark Gold Tier spirit material from its treasury, and upgrade the Territory Defense Formation when he returned. He needed to prepare for war with the Great Tang Domain.
Of course, Bai Xiaowen had led the destruction of the Black Heaven Cult, so his contribution with the Supreme Clarity Sect was already high enough to exchange for several pieces of Dark Gold Tier spirit material without earning any more.
Over the next few days, Bai Xiaowen had the Five Elements Banners' martial artists find the families of those who had died and deliver their compensation.
Most of those families declined to follow Bai Xiaowen to his overseas territory. They chose to