Above an island in Que Luo Domain, a party of five swept swiftly across the sky, their escape lights trailing like rosy clouds against the blue.
Their leader was Shu Changsheng, a True Disciple of the Incense Accumulation Sect and the gate master of the Divine Incense Gate.
Suddenly, he stopped, looking around with a grave expression.
"Gate Master Shu, what is it?" asked a Foundation Establishment cultivator accompanying him.
Shu Changsheng said warily, "Something is wrong. They keep urging us to come over, yet they never explain who has arrived. They may already have been subdued."
Everyone beside him started. "You mean someone is trying to lure us over, Gate Master Shu?"
"Exactly," Shu Changsheng replied.
"Heh heh heh... you are quite alert. Unfortunately, it is already too late!" An unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out.
An aura rose behind them, blocking their retreat. At the same time, several figures at the Foundation Establishment realm appeared ahead.
Clad in two distinct sets of clothing marking their respective factions, they surrounded the group. The speaker was a Foundation Establishment elder with white hair and a youthful face. He was gaunt, but his eyes were sharp, carrying a hardened vigor unlike that of ordinary cultivators.
"Who are you?" Shu Changsheng asked.
"For your information, we belong to the Sky Sword Sect and Xiwu Sect of Phoenix Qilin Continent. The Four Seas Commerce Guild's West Sea Branch Headquarters hired us to investigate the source of the demonic calamity here," the Foundation Establishment elder said. "I am Dan Feng, a humble True Disciple of the Xiwu Sect and an administrative elder of its Dharma Protector Hall."
"So you were sent from the West Sea... in that case, why behave like this?" Shu Changsheng asked in puzzlement.
"Heh, your party has been skulking around here