Chapter 296: In the Camp
Zhang Yu watched for a while, then said, "Senior Brothers, we should prepare to withdraw now. Once the war begins, it will not easily stop again. Qian Province may very soon be swept into it."
This place was simply too close to the northern battlefield. The Taibo Monsters crossing the sea from beyond was no mere speculation—it was something that could happen at any moment.
Qi Wu immediately said, "I'll go make the arrangements." With that, he hurried away.
Fan Lan watched the flashes of light that occasionally streaked across the horizon and listened to the dull, thunderous booms. He could not help but sigh inwardly. He had experienced war before, but the wars of Eastern Court were fundamentally nothing like the war before his eyes.
In Eastern Court, cultivators and alien gods were the main forces deciding victory and defeat. Yet in Azure Yang, ordinary people seemed to be the main force in war, while cultivators had instead been pushed to the margins. For a time, he could not say whether that was good or bad.
Another rumble of thunder rolled through the air. Then, from the dim sky, a torrential downpour came crashing down. Yet when the rain reached the area around the two men, it was blocked by a layer of light and scattered outward.
The two did not remain standing there long before returning to the hall.
Zhang Yu sat down again upon his meditation cushion and said, "Senior Brother Fan, have you and Senior Brother Qi selected your visualization diagrams?"
Fan Lan nodded. "There are quite a few visualization diagrams in the Profound Residence. After Junior Brother Qi and I studied through the third chapter, we each chose one. We are now cultivating them."
Zhang Yu did not ask what