The same scene played out in the Poison Sect, the Blood Sect, and Ten Thousand Souls Valley...
The major financial consortiums newly entering the game had learned from the Mountain Deer Group's failure. From the moment they entered, they spared no expense and used every means available to stir up the tides of the world and turn them to their own advantage.
The Poison Sect and the Blood Sect joined forces and stopped outside Yimu City.
The contingents from Ten Thousand Souls Valley and Heavenly Demon Mountain caused too much disturbance, with ghostly energy sweeping everywhere and sinister chills hanging thick in the air. Unsuited to staying in towns, the two groups merged and stopped in the wilderness eight thousand li from Thunder City...
The Beast Taming Sect halted in Binghuo City.
Even though the Heaven-Sent Ones told Elder Qiu that genetic technology might unlock the secrets of shapeshifting, his sect still issued him an absolute order to obtain the Shapeshifting Pill formula.
After all.
The Heaven-Sent Ones were merely painting a pie in the sky, while the Righteousness Sect's Shapeshifting Pills were tangible, proven products, ready to use as soon as they were obtained...
Which mattered more?
The Beast Taming Sect could still tell the difference.
And so.
The problem landed squarely on Elder Qiu's shoulders.
But if Elder Qiu advanced, he had no idea how to handle Lin Bai. If he retreated, his sect was pressing him from behind. Worse still, he could find no allies in this matter.
Overnight, Elder Qiu worried himself gray.
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