Celestial Pivot Prefecture, Elm Moon Mountain. The vast elm forest was being felled in swathes, and an enormous city had settled in the sky above.
From atop the city, one could still faintly see, at the far end of the horizon, a massive river drifting past as a white line. That river was none other than the main current of the Grand Canal.
Countless cultivators bustled back and forth before the city, countless formation flags flew into every corner of it, and all sorts of artifact refiners worked atop the city, carving reinforcement formation patterns into its various spirit stones.
Just then, a spirit boat flew down, and in an instant a Nascent Soul flew out and looked over. Once he saw that they were Ye Family cultivators and people from the Jade Union Sect, he withdrew again.
Ye Jingyu took out several storage bags and handed them to the latter. After giving his thanks as well, he landed together with Ye Jinghu and the other Ye Family clansmen and Jade Union Sect cultivators.
The group of Nascent Souls naturally had not returned here with them. Though it was already decided that the Righteous Path Sect would shelter the Ye Family, there was no need to make it too obvious.
At this moment, among the majority of cultivators who had rushed over, many had resisted at Demon-Quelling City. Some had walked along the edge of life and death, while others had suffered the departure of friends and kin, so all of them seemed low in spirits.
Even those immortal cultivation clans and sects were incomparably dejected. Xiao Mountain Prefecture had been occupied, which was equivalent to the disappearance of their foundations.
Of course, the one suffering the most pain was none other than Prefecture Lord Lu.
He had only just