Liu Yu turned around and addressed Hou Yanze and Gongsun Cang in a solemn tone:
"Fellow Daoist Hou, Fellow Daoist Gongsun, I think we should leave a few cultivators here to lie in wait, in case the Hehuan Sect cultivators flee straight down this path!"
Hou Yanze and Gongsun Cang exchanged a glance. Their side held an overwhelming advantage in numbers, so sparing a few people would make little difference. Naturally, neither objected.
"That makes sense. We'll leave the arrangements to you, Fellow Daoist Liu!"
Their claim to the Feng Household's resource site still needed Liu Yu to report it to the Primordial Yang Sect before it could become legitimate. Naturally, they would not slight him at a time like this, and both nodded in agreement.
Liu Yu nodded, then selected two cultivators from the Hou Household and one from the Gongsun Household to remain here with Zhou Guibo. All four were at the qi refining sixth layer. Even if the Hehuan Sect's qi refining ninth layer cultivator escaped down the mountain, they could hold him up for a little while.
"Yes!"
The four who had been named immediately accepted their orders, then took out their magical artifacts and guarded the middle of the narrow path.
After making arrangements for the four, the remaining thirteen continued onward. Once they had walked twenty zhang, they all stopped and looked toward one side of the path.
A clearing had been made a dozen or so zhang to the left of the path. It was roughly thirty zhang long and wide, with a wooden cabin built at its center.
The cabin was five or six zhang long and wide, making it fairly large and more than spacious enough for five people.
Although crude, the cabin was neat and clean, vastly different from the