What they did not know, however, was that the Sunset Alliance's search was far more intensive than they had imagined.
The suspicious way Huo Yuhao and the others had fled the Illustrious Virtue Hall prompted Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult, who had still been hesitating over whether to act, to move swiftly.
The Sunset Alliance joined forces with Xu Tianran's military faction to conduct a sweeping search of Mingdu. Doors were kicked open one after another, and suspects were taken away in succession. The slums, in particular, were a focus of the search.
But Mingdu was enormous. Even with Xu Tianran's power, completing a thorough sweep would take months.
Huo Yuhao and the others did not dare reveal their true identities, however, so they could not move around the ordinary districts of Mingdu. Xu Tianran soon narrowed the search to the slums, but searching every district there would still take two or three months.
Mu Feng regulated the soul power within his body, making his foundation at Level 88 exceptionally solid.
Over the past few months, Mu Feng had relied on combat to consolidate his cultivation. Though that had proven effective, when he truly calmed his mind and sorted through his gains, he swept away every last impurity, and his cultivation advanced by one level in just a month.
That progress had come from his earlier accumulation, however. This final level would depend entirely on Mu Feng's own efforts, and he remained stuck there for two whole months.
The golden soul core slowly revolved within his dantian, the angelic patterns on its surface growing ever clearer. Within his mental sea, the golden sphere of light representing the Aspect of Justice also pulsed slowly, resonating with the golden soul core.
The process did not go smoothly.
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