Su Shi'er remained calm. "Sunset City is his territory, after all, and the entire city is shrouded in an astonishing formation. Within Sunset City, he has plenty of ways to activate it without anyone noticing."
Secretly capturing a few Golden Pill Cultivators without raising a stir would be no difficult feat.
Li Piaoyue studied Su Shi'er, first startled, then coming to another realization. "Shrouded in an astonishing formation? Senior Brother Su, since you know so much, could it be... you've already fought them?"
"That's right! But I hadn't expected them to target Junior Sister Piaoyu and the others at the same time. It seems we'll have to visit the City Lord's Mansion if we want to save them."
"Considering how little time has passed, even if they were ambushed, Junior Sister Piaoyu and the others can most likely still hold out."
"But... the sooner we act, the better."
Su Shi'er nodded calmly, determination gleaming in his eyes as he spoke decisively without hesitation.
He had thought the appearance of Medicine King Island's island lord would be enough to intimidate Sunset City's Enforcement Team and keep them from acting rashly again.
But now, the situation might not be as optimistic as he had imagined.
The Enforcement Team had indeed stopped targeting him, but Sunset City's city lord had not ceased his moves against him.
Su Shi'er did not know that the Enforcement Team's second attempt to cause trouble had been entirely the slightly plump cultivator's spur-of-the-moment decision.
And upon seeing Medicine King Island's island lord appear in person and reveal his acquaintance with Su Shi'er, that cultivator had mistakenly assumed that Su Shi'er's feud with Sunset City's city lord was part of Medicine King Island's bid to seize power over Sunset City.
Under such circumstances, with no backing of his own,