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Qi Long had been hiding outside a branch temple of the Qingcheng Sword Sect for three days.
Of course, he hadn't spent those three days simply lying low. He had concealed his identity and gathered plenty of information from the jianghu's informants. Just as he'd expected, his brainless colleagues had all failed. The enraged disciples of the Qingcheng Sword Sect had cut every one of them down.
Qi Long had also been startled by the strength of the Qingcheng Sword Sect's branch temples.
Though they looked unremarkable, every single one had a Divine Palace Realm martial artist stationed there.
The Qingcheng Sword Sect's foundations in Chuannan Circuit were undeniably formidable.
Fortunately, Qi Long had prepared in advance. Before leaving Shengjing City, he had obtained a token from the Intelligence Scouts. After arriving in Chuannan Circuit, he used it to trade with the local Intelligence Scouts for detailed information on the Qingcheng Sword Sect's branch temples, then picked out the weakest one.
Although the Six Fan Sect had demoted Qi Long from the Wind-Chasing Patrol, he had served as a patrol officer for many years and still had a few acquaintances in the sect. Getting hold of a token hadn't been difficult.
Thanks to that token, Qi Long had saved himself a great deal of effort.
This Qingcheng Sword Sect branch temple was the weakest of them all.
It had only one Xiantian Divine Palace Realm martial artist, who served as its abbot.
He was supposedly the son of an elder of the Qingcheng Sword Sect. But his talent was so poor that he would probably never break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, so they had sent him here to coast through life.
The abbot himself had no intention