Over the next few days, Li Mu was run off his feet, handling the funeral rites, searching the mountain, and calming everyone's emotions from time to time.
Fortunately, the members of the demonic cult had already fled by then and did not jump out to cause trouble, or the mess would have been even worse.
"Martial Uncle, we haven't found any survivors these past two days. If we still turn up nothing tomorrow, we'll have to stop searching the mountain.
Recently, the demonic cult's activities have been unusually rampant. Word came from the sect that Five Heroes Hall, the Seven Luminaries Sword Sect, and the Sword Subduing Sect—three first-rate sects—were all wiped out by the demonic cult. As for the second- and third-rate forces that have perished, there are even more of them.
Affected by this, the Yellow River Gang, the Five Poisons Sect, and the Evil Cloud Sect, which were originally neither fully righteous nor fully evil, have now sided with the demonic cult as well.
It's said that members of the demonic cult have also appeared in the Western Regions, seemingly trying to win over great demonic factions in seclusion, such as the Western Demonic Cult, the Great Luo Sand Sect, and the Divine Moon Sect.
If these demonic forces form an alliance, the situation that follows will probably become even harder to control. To deal with the coming changes, we must return to Guanzhong as soon as possible.
The comrades of the Pingyang martial world will also withdraw with us this time. Once the situation becomes clear, we can wait for an opportunity to counterattack Shanxi."
This was not Li Mu being alarmist. The Sun Moon Divine Cult truly was at the height of its power right now.
Without the Five Mountains Sword Sects bearing the brunt,