Playing the Coward

As for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, their main force of Soul Masters had always been stationed within the sect and Heaven Dou City. Their movements were plain to see.

After all, someone as afraid of death as Ning Fengzhi would never deploy his forces elsewhere.

War was the most costly and draining affair. As a merchant, Ning Fengzhi would never make a losing deal.

So, the answer was already clear.

But knowing it was Spirit Hall and knowing what Spirit Hall actually intended to do were two entirely different things.

Eight hundred Soul Masters were heading east toward the East Sea—but what was there?

Most people's first reaction was confusion. Aside from a few small fishing ports and scattered fishing villages, there was almost nothing along the East Sea coast worth such a major effort from Spirit Hall.

However, those with well-connected sources quickly thought of one name.

A few months ago, the city had just received a new City Lord. Rumor had it that the City Lord had only recently come of age. If Spirit Hall's target truly was Canghai City, then the implications became rather subtle.

The last time the Soul Master world had seen a military deployment on this scale was twenty years ago, when Qian Xunji, the former Pope of Spirit Hall, led an army to besiege the Clear Sky Sect. That

battle had ended with Qian Xunji being severely wounded by Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Sect sealing itself off from the world, Spirit Hall suffering devastating losses, and the entire continent's balance of power being completely reshaped.

Now, nearly twenty years later, Spirit Hall was on the move once more.

Spirit Hall had come. Another city was about to fall.

Heaven Dou City, Prince Xue Xing's residence.

At this moment, there were