"The Spirit-Piercing Qi-Seeking Compass! A treasure of the Spirit Firmament Gate that can connect with the qi of all living things and trace all things to their source!"
"Fellow Daoist, you actually brought such a precious treasure?"
Some among the group recognized it and could not help being startled.
Then their surprise turned to delight. "We mustn't let those people from the Righteous Qi Continent hear of this!"
"We'll pretend to attack Heavenly Dragon Peak, then find another opportunity to use this treasure!"
After their temporary victory, the rift between the Immortal Alliance and the Righteous Qi Continent gradually began to show.
They were not, after all, brothers who wore the same pair of trousers. Even true brothers sometimes fought over enormous gains, so how could this cooperation to prey on the Puppet Dao ever be genuinely harmonious?
Earlier, they had sheltered under Nascent Soul experts and had no choice but to move with the main force. Once they split up, however, where to search and what to pursue or abandon became their own business.
Thus, several experts from the Earthly Immortal Continent bade the others farewell and set off toward the heart of the region.
Under the leadership of high-rank cultivators, the Confucian school's successful provincial examination candidates, and even its licentiates and students in the Qi Refining Realm, also set out one after another.
Over the years, Li Chen had established numerous rogue cultivator market districts of varying sizes around Guangyun, fully developing and exploiting the local natural resources while also taking the Shaman Folk's livelihoods into account.
Now, however, the Outer Dao forces had made them targets for attack and plunder.
Inside the Azure Billow Immortal Abode, Heavenly Pivot said, "Master, the enemy has split up."
Li Chen gazed thoughtfully at the scattered points of light on