"Something's happened!"
When Han Kang and the others received the message and rushed over, gloom hung over the scene, and the air was thick with foreboding.
"This is..."
A sharp gleam flashed through Han Kang's eyes. He spotted Tai Sui spores too tiny to see with the naked eye, drifting on the wind like dust.
To build their sect grounds, the Nine Spirits Sect had hired not only dozens of master construction workers, but also a full thousand skilled craftsmen and more than a hundred thousand mortal laborers.
The servants and other workers who attended to them also numbered in the thousands upon thousands.
If the spores were allowed to spread, they would inevitably bring about a tremendous disaster.
"This is bad. Apart from those at Foundation Establishment and a handful of Qi Refining disciples with profound cultivation who can condense Gang Essence around their entire bodies to create a completely sealed environment, everyone will be exposed to air filled with Tai Sui spores."
Han Kang started in alarm. "All newly advanced Qi Refining cultivators, withdraw from here! Go to the harbor, mobilize the Treasure Ships, and transport those mortals away!"
"Those who have mastered the transformations of Gang Baleful Energy, stay behind and follow me!"
Soon, they reached the depths of Little Olive Island and attempted to enter the inner valley.
It was a small valley surrounded by mountains on all four sides, like a bronze furnace standing upon the island.
The terrain was high around the edges and low in the middle. The rock faces resembled towering walls enclosing the entire valley.
In terms of geomancy, this was a spiritual eye that gathered Spirit Essence and nurtured spiritual potency, its overall elevation lower than the surrounding land.
"The spores really are leaking out from here. Something's happened inside!"