"Yes! We obey!"
Lin Xuan and Yan Yang answered solemnly, their eyes filled with a sense of responsibility.
With his instructions delivered, Li Yunjing entered the cultivation chamber that had already been excavated deep beneath Fengxi Fortress.
The chamber doors slowly closed, and layer upon layer of restrictions lit up, sealing him off completely from the outside world.
Inside the chamber, Li Yunjing sat cross-legged within the Spirit Gathering Array, but did not immediately begin circulating his cultivation technique.
"First, I'll cultivate every technique once."
He drew a deep breath and formed hand seals. The Nascent Soul within him slowly opened his eyes, and spiritual power began racing along the profound pathways of the Divine Firmament Dao like rivers surging backward.
Serpents of lightning immediately roamed the chamber amid muted thunder, and powerful spiritual pressure spread outward.
After Li Yunjing entered secluded cultivation, the fighting on the eastern front did not grind to a halt in his absence.
Seasoned and prudent, Xiao Anran strictly followed the established strategy of "fortifying the foundation, striking enemy operations, and attacking morale."
Lin Xuan and Yan Yang joined the Thunderbolt Squad, a unit composed of several skilled Golden Core Realm cultivators that specialized in high-risk missions.
On one occasion, they received intelligence that a group of "advisers" from Mingxin Temple was secretly escorting a shipment of Vajra Shield treasure artifacts, capable of greatly strengthening defensive formations, to the Zhao Kingdom's main camp in the Panshi Mountain Range.
The squad decided to intercept them en route.
On the night of the operation, rain poured down in torrents.
Bean-sized raindrops hammered down thick and fast, splashing countless sprays from the muddy ground. Mist filled the mountain forest, and the darkness intertwined with the curtain of rain, reducing visibility to almost nothing.
The foul weather offered perfect