In the wilderness outside Chuanlan Valley.
"All right, everyone stop. Rest here for a while."
Within Chuanlan Valley, Fang Qianyuan was naturally the only person capable of slipping several dozen Luo Clan members out without anyone at the mine noticing.
He was an Earth Rank Expert who also controlled every matter at the spirit mine, great and small. Moving a guard squad around was perfectly ordinary. He had taken them away under cover of darkness, then staged a deception to buy a few hours. By then, they were already far from the valley.
Fang Qianyuan had not taken many people, only the Luo Clan Spirit Tamers who possessed cultivation: members of the direct lineage and collateral branches, as well as the guards who had pledged themselves to the Luo Clan.
Another group consisted of the guards stationed here by the Azure Cloud Sect: Yu Hong and the Inner Disciples under his command.
Then there were the people Fang Qianyuan had brought himself, including Lin Xiong, Lin Bao, Wu Longjie, and Lu Feiyang.
Hearing the order, everyone silently dispersed to rest.
After traveling through the night, they were beginning to feel tired.
Wu Longjie and the others could not spare any thought for resting. They approached Fang Qianyuan to ask about their next move.
Yesterday, Fang Qianyuan had received a report from an Azure Cloud Sect covert agent saying that Yang Qi, an expert from the Demon Alliance, would arrive with Qian Yuxiang to take over the spirit mine.
Fang Qianyuan had immediately understood that these two were coming for him.
After changing its banner and allegiance, the Qian Clan had gained an overwhelming advantage in the struggle between the two sides and begun baring its teeth at the Azure Cloud Sect.
With the Demon Alliance at its back, the clan