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As the leader of a sect, Wu Zhiqi was decisive and ruthless in his actions, making him passable enough. If not for Su Xin, he could have kept the local martial forces under control. Unfortunately, before he had noticed anything, Su Xin's Dark Guard had already moved, infiltrating Longxi Circuit directly.
Once night fell, Longxi Circuit, once fairly prosperous, instantly became deathly quiet.
Because of the conflict between Longxi Circuit's major forces and the Huanxi Cult, even some smaller factions and independent cultivators who had chosen neutrality had spent this period trembling with fear, terrified of being dragged into the fray by a single misstep.
At this moment, Luo Tiancheng, head of the Luo Family in Longxi Circuit, had just returned from outside, his face full of exhaustion.
The Luo Family was neither especially strong nor especially weak in Longxi Circuit. He himself was a late-stage Spirit Transformation Realm martial artist, while the Luo Family also had three other Spirit Transformation Realm martial artists.
In truth, the Luo Family had remained neutral within Longxi Circuit. They neither wished to offend those forces seeking to wrestle with the Huanxi Cult, nor did they wish to offend the Huanxi Cult itself.
But in the Jianghu, some things were not yours to avoid simply because you wished to. Just now, several families on good terms with him in Longxi Circuit had called him over, asking him to join them in pressuring the Huanxi Cult together.
Yet a few days earlier, the Huanxi Cult had also sent someone to warn him, telling him to think things through before making his choice.
Caught between the two sides, Luo Tiancheng still intended to remain neutral and not get entangled with those other sects and