"The alliance is faltering. The situation looks grim!"
"The battle here isn't something I can control alone. It seems I'll need to prepare for every eventuality."
But the war over there was being fought between Nascent Soul experts. For now, Li Chen could not get involved, nor did he wish to plunge into it rashly.
In the end, he chose to watch and wait, letting the situation unfold.
Still, Li Chen was certainly not sitting idle, waiting for death. He devoted most of his energy to the gains he had made in battle, as well as his true reserve of strength, hidden from others: the Azure Billow Immortal Abode.
Within just under half a month, Dong Long, the Outer Dao cultivator Li Chen had captured in the Chess Mountain Domain, was transferred to Guangyun. Li Chen personally took custody of him and questioned him about the enemy.
He wanted to learn from Dong Long how the Earthly Immortal Continent and the Righteous Qi Continent were cooperating, as well as roughly how many troops they had committed here.
If he could obtain useful intelligence from this, all the better.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I truly don't know anything. I'm just an ordinary rogue cultivator from the Earthly Immortal Continent, hired to fight here." In the Inner Valley, Dong Long finally met Li Chen, but could only smile bitterly as he was questioned.
"They only treat me as hired muscle. Why would they tell me the movements or whereabouts of those Nascent Soul experts, or Lord Yuanshen? But I did see quite a few Core Formation rogue cultivators like myself joining the fighting. Each was rewarded with at least one Three-Turn Golden Core, with even more benefits available for outstanding contributions."
The Three-Turn Golden Core he mentioned was a supreme-grade pill that the