After their discussion, Fang Qianyuan finally gained a clearer understanding of some of the latest intelligence-some he had already obtained but had yet to sort through, and some he had never known at all.
He learned that Qunyao's cultivation and strength were no longer what they had once been. He could no longer be regarded as merely at the seventh turn of Earth Rank.
The Azure Cloud Sect had actually been prepared for this possibility for some time. Some even suspected that, during his time in the sect, he had deliberately lain low and concealed his strength.
The Warrior Hall had always been a deeply secretive department and was practically Wu Lianyi's own territory, managed as tightly as an iron barrel. Outsiders had no sufficiently detailed understanding of its personnel, especially the cultivation and strength of the Five Demon Generals, his trusted subordinates.
Moreover, after Wu Lianyi's successful advancement, the Demon Refinement Art had proven itself a ladder to heaven. There was also a strong possibility that it had spurred those high-ranking Warriors to embrace the Demonic Path and undergo a transformation in an extremely short time.
This was an important point that needed confirmation.
As Qunyao's cultivation and strength increased, the foundations he could sustain grew broader. He also gained the standing to deal with more titans and powerful experts of the Unorthodox Path, and the forces he developed grew larger as well.
To develop the Demon Refinement Art, he had even used Wu Lianyi's connections to establish contact with the Boundless Sect. The two sides had undertaken thorough, comprehensive cooperation on the matter, leaving the Eastern Sea's Righteous Path hamstrung at every turn and even forcing it to seek aid from the Southern Wilds.
Several crucial differences between the Eastern Sea and the Southern Wilds also deserved attention