The members of the Unusual Events Bureau listened intently. Even the newly recruited Attendants showed no trace of laziness or casual disregard.
Before long, the troops set out. A large force rode warhorses empowered by Edict Talismans, racing like the wind westward along the main road.
Li Ling did not follow them. Instead, he teleported directly to another location connected to the Dragon Vein nodes.
There was still some distance between here and Five Harvest City. Since Li Ling had not brought the Purple-Gold Flying Shuttle, he formed cloud fiend with his spirit body and sped away using Cloud Escape.
Unlike before, his strength had already risen to the level of Qi Refining peak. Even outside his physical body, he could still wield considerable power.
As long as there were no Foundation Establishment experts among them, he could deal with these evil cultivators plotting to massacre the city all by himself.
Traveling leisurely with the Unusual Events Bureau, deploying forces, scouting, encircling...
It was simply too slow and too troublesome.
Roughly two hours later, Li Ling successfully found Five Harvest City to the west, just as Commander Huo had described.
This city lay in the southwest, with rolling mountain ranges to its west concealing mineral veins. These had sustained the first large wave of miners who came seeking gold. More veins were subsequently opened, bringing immense prosperity. Over time, however, the veins ran dry and the furnace fires went out, and the city gradually declined.
Yet thanks to its traditional forging techniques and the rich ore remaining deep underground, the city was still renowned throughout the kingdom for its fine sabers and precious swords. It could be considered an important rear-area city on the frontier.
Five Harvest City lay peaceful and serene beneath the night sky. After roughly surveying the