No wall in the world could keep the wind from passing through, especially when powerful cultivators fought and drew the eyes of every faction.
Although the people of Central Province had done their best to conceal it, word of their concerted attack against Fang Qianyuan still spread rapidly.
When Yu Shixian and the others learned that the people of Central Province had made suspicious moves, intending to surround Fang Qianyuan in the Southern Wilds and kill this peerless genius who appeared only once in many years, they flew into a rage. They ordered all their vassals, training institutes, branch headquarters, and halls to hunt down infiltrators and execute spies with all their might, severing the tentacles Central Province had extended into their territory.
A sweeping purge began.
But Fang Qianyuan was also at fault for not taking the initiative to report his whereabouts. The sect master would have to issue a personal summons, calling him back for questioning.
They still did not know the details, but vaguely sensed that this affair was anything but simple, and soon dispatched an envoy.
Previously, the Azure Cloud Sect had not been paying attention, allowing Fang Qianyuan to travel incognito like a white dragon disguised as a fish and accompany the Baili Household north. Once the sect resolved to find him, however, it soon tracked him down in a nameless little town north of Eagle's Sorrow Ravine.
The envoy bowed, displayed his Command Token, and said, "Elder Fang, I have come with an oral message from the sect master. Please provide a detailed account of what happened at Eagle's Sorrow Ravine in late March."
"Has the sect already caught wind of it?" Fang Qianyuan verified the visitor's identity, but showed no surprise.
He had not deliberately concealed anything; he simply could not be bothered