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"Exactly. Shang Court."

Li Changhe leaned forward slightly.

"Are you saying the people devouring the Spirit Vein are from Shang Court? That force wasn't wiped out? It still exists?" Ji Yuan fired off several questions in succession.

"Easy. Let your Brother Li tell you the story."

Li Changhe tapped the table.

Ji Yuan tossed him the teapot. "Pour it yourself."

Li Changhe rolled his eyes and poured himself tea as he explained:

"Shang Court was wiped out long ago, of course. But its legacy survived. Some people inherited it and decided they were Shang Court's successors, the rightful rulers of Cangluo Continent. Maybe there's something strange about that legacy, or maybe everyone who inherited it is mad. Either way, they have only one thought in their heads."

"To restore their ancestors' glory."

"They want to rebuild Shang Court?"

Ji Yuan tucked his hands into his sleeves and propped his elbows on the table, intrigued.

"More or less."

Li Changhe picked up his tea and took a sip. "Those lunatics want to build another Shang Court. But how could they rebuild a force like that without Spirit Stones? So they set their sights on the Spirit Veins of our Six Immortal Sects."

"True. Devouring Spirit Veins is something only the old Shang Court had the power to do."

Ji Yuan nodded.

That made sense of it.

No other force could manage it, not even Sword Ruins.

"And, laugh at me if you like, Brother Ji, but all six of our sects in Shangdong—and even the three Demonic Dao Sects in Shangxi—have inherited parts of Shang Court's legacy."

Li Changhe laughed with remarkable ease.

"So there are trai—Shang Court's successors inside our sects too?"

"Call them traitors. That's what they are. Otherwise, our own Spirit Vein couldn't have developed a problem. There