One Gold-Swallowing Toad after another met up with Logistics Pavilion Members on the Provocateur Continent. They boarded Flying Boats and began swiftly collecting the eerie stones scattered across the continent, while Chen Fan had already returned to the Eternal Night Continent through a Teleportation Formation.
The Mortal Domain's first Spring Examination would officially conclude in two days, when the results would also be posted.
He would announce the outcome of the war on the day the results were released.
For now, no news of the fighting had been made public on the Eternal Night Continent. Mainly, he did not want to unsettle the candidates. Let them focus on their exams, and perhaps a few more talented people would emerge.
He had been on the move for days.
As soon as he returned to Nameless Mountain, Chen Fan hastily washed up, strode into Cave One, and headed toward his Stone House. It had been a long time since he had enjoyed a proper night's sleep.
"Did we lose?"
At the cave entrance.
The Heavenly Storehouse Pavilion's Deputy Pavilion Master cautiously approached Wang Kui and asked.
"Of course we won."
Wang Kui gave his deputy an odd look. "With the Domain Lord personally leading the charge, victory was assured. How could we lose?"
"Then why did the Domain Lord look so troubled?"
"Ah."
Wang Kui let out a long sigh. "The Mortal Domain is seriously short on eerie stones. We mobilized seventy billion for this campaign. Now we only have 29.7 billion available."
"The Domain Lord is trying to figure out where to get more."
"What?"
The deputy froze, staring at his superior in disbelief. After a long pause, he pulled Wang Kui into Cave One. They rode the Mortal Domain High-Speed Rail all the way to the rear of Nameless Mountain