The power of this spirit milk was indeed extraordinary, raising his cultivation in wood-element true qi considerably in one stroke. Master Mu's reminder to think carefully about how to use it had certainly proved useful.
He had few opportunities to cultivate the Eight Extremes Everlasting Spring Art, so putting the remaining medicinal essence toward it was the wisest choice.
For a while afterward, Zhao Feng spent four days a week at the Fishing Ground and three in Beautiful Water Alley, keeping up with both his guard duties and his cultivation.
Meanwhile, an undercurrent stirred within the Five Great Sects. This had been going on ever since the battle at Bone-Eating Shoal, where the Demonic Sect had retreated in defeat under the combined assault of the Five Great Sects and the Martial Suppression Bureau.
Most of the Five Great Sects' operations to purge Demonic Sect strongholds within the Prefecture City's jurisdiction had failed or found their targets empty. Disciples of the Five Great Sects grew suspicious and wary of one another, and the atmosphere became tense.
Today was the Eight Extremes Gate's annual Mountain-Sealing Founder Memorial Ceremony.
At that moment, before dawn, Yu Ruoyun stood in the Eight Extremes Gate Sect Master's private courtyard, holding a secret letter. He read it carefully several times, his brows tightly furrowed.
A moment later, he drew a deep breath and lightly squeezed his hand. The secret letter turned to ash.
He rose and went to the council hall. "Have Junior Brothers Xiao and Chen still not returned?" he asked the court masters gathered there.
The two strongest court masters, Xiao Li and Chen Hong, were absent.
Only Lu Zhou, master of Thunder Court; Xiong Tiansheng, master of Kan Court; Mo Wenyuan, master of Fire Court; Qiu Wu, master of Gen Court; and Yin Zheng,