A week passed in the blink of an eye.
Over those seven days, Lin Changqing, Su Wanqing, and the Demon Suppression Guards had swept away every Demon Cult hideout in Yong Province and Liang Province.
At the same time,
the remaining forces of the Holy Demon God Sect in the Great Yu Dynasty that had yet to be discovered received secret orders from Black Dragon, the Chief Archbishop of the Main Altar.
Destroy the documents, move the people, and withdraw from the Great Yu Dynasty in batches.
For a time,
strange movements appeared across the various provinces and prefectures.
Many Demon Cult hideouts that had been deeply concealed suddenly stood deserted, leaving behind nothing but piles of charred ashes and supplies that hadn't been taken in time.
The people from the Demon Suppressing Division found nothing at several locations. Xiao Qianjun was so furious that he cursed several times over the communication device.
But Lin Changqing didn't particularly care.
Let them run. His mission was to purge them, not kill every last one. If a hideout was empty and they had left the Great Yu Dynasty's sphere of influence, that counted as a purge.
As for those rats who'd escaped, as long as they didn't show up in front of him again, he couldn't be bothered to chase them.
However... some people were just unlucky.
Liang Province, Wuwei Prefecture.
Lin Changqing had just arrived in Liang Province and was preparing to follow the map to raid several known Demon Cult hideouts.
As Golden Radiance carried him and Su Wanqing over a stretch of wilderness, he suddenly sensed something.
About fifty miles to the southeast, a long convoy was traveling along the main road.
It was a sizable convoy, with dozens of carriages.
Every carriage was piled high with goods,