Xue Baizhi stood silently in the mountain forest not far away, watching.
Ever since Wenning County had been surrounded by the surrounding rebel populace, the Reverted Elixir female cultivator had quietly left the county and resumed her search for Zuo Lengchan's whereabouts.
Jade Sun Mountain might have been a renowned righteous sect officially recognized by the Great Liang Court, but Xue Baizhi had little interest in such mortal affairs.
She knew that cultivators stood behind the rebel populace outside Wenning County, and she had also seen several monsters trailing the rebel army. Still, she had no intention of stepping in to clear them out.
Even beneath the Court's system, there were monsters that had submitted.
If she truly intended to slay demons and exterminate devils, punish evil and uphold good, how many living local officials in all of Ci Prefecture would remain after passing through Xue Baizhi's hands?
Cultivators each had their own reasons for entering or leaving the mortal world.
Not long after leaving Wenning County, she discovered Corpse-Accumulated Qi soaring into the sky from the mountains and immediately followed its traces here.
The moment she arrived, she discovered that someone had already beaten her to the punch.
That group of rebels, led here by someone with ulterior motives, had long since set up camp.
Xue Baizhi soon spotted many familiar and unfamiliar faces among them: Yuchen, Shikshananda, Elder Qin, and several Demon Kings who had clearly cultivated to a formidable level.
Xue Baizhi was not surprised that the Great River Alliance stood behind the rebels.
Without someone fanning the flames behind the scenes, the rebels would never have gained such momentum. What puzzled Xue Baizhi was why the Great River Alliance had brought such a large number of commoners here.
Was it some method of blood sacrifice, or