"What's with the panic? What happened?"
Just now, when a Core Formation Cultivator attacked Black Lake Island, the Li family had been evacuating in orderly fashion. Though there had been some panic, they had still maintained a degree of discipline. But what had happened now to make the Li family head lose his composure like this?
Li Ren presented a Message Sword. After Wei Zhong took it and examined its contents, his expression changed as well.
"The Yan Family Old Ancestor successfully formed his core some days ago, and the Yan family rejoiced greatly. However, Azurewood Sect's Young Sect Master, Yao ZhengSheng, paid him a visit and sparred with him. After a bout of fighting, he defeated him. Had Cloud Gathering Commerce not suddenly appeared to mediate, that Yan family ancestor would have perished in the battle."
Wei Zhong now understood why Li Ren was so flustered.
With the Yan Family Old Ancestor having successfully formed his core, Mangyuan Prefecture now had a third Core Formation Power.
Hanzhu City was too far away, and it was mainly composed of Rogue Cultivators, so it could not influence Azurewood Sect's vast territory.
The Yan family, the Li family, and the other lineages had previously all been Foundation Establishment families making a living under Azurewood Sect. Now that the Yan Family Old Ancestor had successfully formed his core, it was equivalent to breaking Azurewood Sect's absolute rule over this region.
Thus, they had brazenly struck, intending to kill him and return the Yan family to Foundation Establishment strength.
But Cloud Gathering Commerce's appearance had disrupted this arrangement. From now on, there would be two local Core Formation Powers here, and they were faintly hostile toward each other.
The Foundation Establishment families caught between them would be placed in a difficult position.
"Senior Chu,