At that moment, a group was patrolling along the outer perimeter wall of the Que Luo Immortal Abode.
This small world spanned ten thousand li, its very heart consisting of the estate atop the Immortal Mountain and the several cities surrounding it.
Times had changed, and those cities and market wards had long since fallen into ruins. Only the Immortal Abode on the mountain remained. Li Ling intended to rebuild the grand array around this estate, restoring its functions of gathering spiritual energy and providing defense.
With mysterious yin spirits and vine demons causing trouble and potentially endangering the construction workers and laborers coming and going, patrols had been maintained without interruption.
But these patrols consisted mainly of Foundation Establishment cultivators, and none noticed two figures slipping silently inside.
They were the elders of the Sky Sword Sect and Xiwu Sect sent by Lin Xi, both possessing Core Formation cultivation.
The male cultivator was named Han Youming, a rising sword cultivator with some renown on the Phoenix Qilin Continent. After years of arduous cultivation, he had finally achieved success and fulfilled his lifelong wish, joining the Sky Sword Sect as an attendant elder.
The other cultivator was Mo Zongying, a newly advanced Core Formation cultivator of the Xiwu Sect. His cultivation and strength were comparable to Han Youming's, making them well suited to working together on this crucial mission to infiltrate the abode and coordinate an attack from within and without.
Having slipped inside through their superior abilities, they immediately brought out a talisman and affixed it to a concealed corner of a ruined wall beside them.
An almost imperceptible, strange power spread through the void.
Following this action, several more figures appeared. These were their companions, who had followed them all the way here to provide support.
There were