Extreme North Forest, northwest.
In a dense forest dozens of kilometers from the northwestern Ice Sea, invisible barriers kept the wind and snow outside.
"So it really is here! Our previous trade locations with them were all chosen near this area."
"After you warned us back then, Grand Martial Uncle, Father secretly followed them once, just to be safe."
Yu Tianlong led the group as they lay in ambush atop a distant snow hill, gazing toward the camp beneath the cover of the blizzard.
That was right. Back when Sky Dragon Gate smuggled metals, their trading partner had been the Sun Moon Empire, and everything had been delivered here.
"These Soul Tools were probably all made from those rare metals... We were so stupid, so stupid. If only we'd known..."
Yu Tianlong clenched his fists and slipped into full-on Xianglin's Wife mode, his eyes brimming with tears that were promptly frozen by the snow.
Sky Dragon Gate had suffered devastating losses in this incident. His father, the sect's only Titled Douluo, had also perished.
Yet they had no one to blame. In a sense, the Holy Spirit Cult's Evil Soul Masters had been wolves they themselves had invited inside.
Nan Shuishui: ...
Damn it! If you were going to smuggle, then smuggle properly! Earth Dragon Gate sold to the Star Luo Empire, and we never got stabbed in the back.
Instead, Earth Dragon Gate got dragged into this disaster for no reason!
"Since things have come to this, we can only destroy this camp first..."
Princess Vina gave Yu Tianlong an indifferent glance but did not pursue the matter. Such things were extremely common across the continent.
These sects were nobles, yet they hardly obeyed imperial management. Every one of them acted like a local tyrant.
But at the same