With this, Fang Qianyuan had effectively plundered the last private treasure Dongfang Zhi had left behind.
Yet when Elder Yu and the others learned of it, they tacitly refrained from asking any questions.
They seemed to have already decided that anything Dongfang Zhi had personally owned belonged to Fang Qianyuan as spoils of war. They would not compete for it... nor could they hope to win!
Since that was the case, they might as well do him a favor at no cost and leave everything for Fang Qianyuan to handle.
Meanwhile, far away in the Southern Wilds, at the Azure Cloud Sect's Headquarters.
In a hall of the Ascension Academy, Sect Master Yu Shixian sat at his desk, reviewing reports and handling official business.
Outside, guards stood in attendance and spirit beasts crouched nearby, lending the place a solemn, imposing air.
Within the Azure Cloud Sect's development strategy, Fang Qianyuan's journey to the Eastern Sea had been an unplanned diversion, an extraneous matter that hardly counted as anything important.
Yu Shixian had not paid attention to events there for quite some time. But just as he picked up a fresh report and prepared to review it, an eagle's cry suddenly rang out above the hall. A dark shadow swooped down and flew in through the window.
"Hm?"
The vermilion brush in Yu Shixian's hand hung in midair as he froze.
"Isn't this Hall Master Lei of the Communications Hall's spirit creature? What urgent business brings you here?"
The dark shadow was a Thunder Eagle spirit creature. Under normal security regulations, ordinary spirit creatures were strictly forbidden from approaching a Strategic Site of the sect by air. Otherwise, assassins attempting an attack would cause immense trouble for the defenses.
The hall where the Sect Master usually worked naturally counted as a