Across the Nine Provinces, defectors like Dong Shuye were exceedingly rare. Erasing the brand of one's original sect required an enormous amount of Merit, but Dong Shuye had no other choice.
The Merit he had painstakingly accumulated over several years had been spent clean. Branded and reviled as a traitor, with three Spiritual Apertures shattered and the road ahead nearly severed, Dong Shuye had all but reached the end of his rope.
And the source of it all was merely that Mountain Crossing Tiger named One Leaf had killed the Young Master of Nine Stars Sect.
If not for that, Nine Stars Sect would not have accepted Mystic Gate's declaration of war. If not for that, he would not have personally risked pursuing and killing him, and Nine Stars Sect's camp would not have been breached so easily.
Whenever Dong Shuye thought of that dead Mountain Crossing Tiger, rage surged in his chest. He wished he could dig up the man's corpse and hack it into a hundred pieces.
For him to die just like that was letting him off far too easily!
Fortunately, Dong Shuye was not without somewhere to go. Over the past few years, he had built up some connections in the Spirit Stream Battlefield. Even though his cultivation had fallen, he was still at Tier Six. Moreover, his Tier Six was stronger than almost any ordinary Tier Six cultivator. Joining some eighth- or ninth-grade faction would not be a problem.
Before that, however, he needed to get far away from Nine Stars Sect's camp. The sect had likely already begun searching for his trail.
"Lu Ye, are we leaving?" Yiyi asked in the room.
Lu Ye nodded. "It's time to go." He turned to look at her. "You and Amber can stay."
"Don't even think