The Outer Dao Disciples looting the city in the name of "slaying demons and vanquishing fiends" were surrounded before they could react.
"What happened? Why is it so noisy?"
A strikingly handsome provincial scholar in a blue scholar's robe was walking down the processing factory's main thoroughfare with several junior scholars when he heard a clamor outside. The confused noise suddenly swelled into a mighty roar, and he could not help asking.
"Senior brother, it sounds like something flying at high speed!" someone with keen hearing said. After listening for a moment, his expression changed abruptly.
"Are there still enemies?" The blue-robed scholar flew into a rage. Flicking his sleeve, he declared crisply, "Everyone, follow me! Slay the demons and vanquish the fiends!"
Such an oversight could endanger him, his fellow disciples, and the students accompanying them. The blue-robed scholar could not tolerate it.
Soon, those scattered outside gathered around him, but several breaths later, not everyone had arrived.
The blue-robed scholar grew irritated. "These junior brothers are getting more and more lax!"
Beside him, a fellow student in similar attire, with a square scholar's kerchief on his head, said with a smile, "Let it go, senior brother. They've been on the road for days and are quite exhausted. Besides, on this expedition against the barbarians, each man earns his own military merit. If they can't make it here in time, they can hardly blame us for taking the lead."
Everyone laughed at that.
"The Outer Dao..."
In the Azure Billow Immortal Abode, Li Chen overheard their conversation from afar and sneered as well.
Presumably, in these Outer Dao cultivators' eyes, they alone represented orthodox cultivation and civilization. The Puppet Dao of the Eastern Victory Continent was merely the work of barbarians in a remote region, skilled in clever contrivances