Those Who Mourn Will Mourn, Returning to the Mountain (Monthly Tickets, Monthly Tickets Please)

The wind and snow in Thousand Passes City grew fiercer, drifting all across the sky like goose feathers, blanketing the entire heavens.

The cultivators in charge of guarding the city could not help activating the formation, letting spiritual light surface in streaks that shot into the distance. Before long, the wind and snow had lessened somewhat, and visibility had improved considerably.

Only then did the few cultivators settle back down on the city wall with peace of mind.

After all, it was a cultivator city; there was no need to stand guard at all times. Divine sense was sometimes far more useful.

Only occasionally did they need to use a thousand-mile mirror to shine into the distance.

Now that the few cultivators had relaxed, they gathered together. One of them glanced around a few times, and only after seeing no one nearby did he slowly say, "Have you heard? Right now, all Wangqing Prefecture is in an uproar. The information about Heavenly Sand Sect was leaked by Hundred Beasts Sect, because Heavenly Sand Sect's spiritual meals are far richer in variety than Hundred Beasts Sect's. It's only because Heavenly Sand Sect mainly sells pills and doesn't sell spirit beast cubs—otherwise, I'm afraid Hundred Beasts Sect's business would drop by more than half, and that might still not be all."

"And supposedly, at Heavenly Sand Sect's Golden Core ceremony, Thousand Crane True Person kept pressing them about the origins of Heavenly Sand Sect's spirit beasts, and even caused an unpleasant scene with True Person Qianchen..."

One discussion after another fell upon Thousand Passes City.

These pieces of news, though secret, had already left the two True Persons inside the palace utterly frantic.

They had personally tested again as well. The sect had not sent any message back, and even the