Inside the courtyard's waterside pavilion.
Lin Chang raised his teacup and took a light sip. "But you still need to remain wary of the Demonic Path. With everything going their way, they naturally present one face. Once the front lines meet resistance, or even suffer a crushing blow, their brutal side will surely show."
"I understand. The Demonic Path is called the Demonic Path for more than just its evil cultivation methods. With the situation so favorable, its Nascent Soul True Lords can suppress every dissenting voice and enforce their will. But if things take a sudden turn for the worse and the demon cultivators below grow discontented, even Nascent Soul True Lords will be swept along-"
Bai Hengwan likewise lifted her teacup and nodded, clearly perceptive enough to look far ahead.
After chatting with Bai Hengwan for a while longer, Lin Changheng suddenly asked, "Hengwan, do you know how the major powers in the Song Region are doing now?"
This concerned several sects that were on fairly good terms with Lin Changheng. His ties with the Azure Rosy Clouds Temple were closest, while Core Formation Cultivators from the Purple Pole Sect, the Azure Firmament Sect, and Yellow Maple Cliff had also befriended him.
Of the Five Great Sects, only Mystic Ice Valley had little contact with him. If any connection had to be named, it was that the sect's Late Core Formation Cultivator, Fairy Han Shuang, now lay buried within Lin Changheng's Heaven-in-a-Pot Blessed Land-
Did that count as a close relationship?
Bai Hengwan tilted her head and pondered briefly, seemingly organizing scattered pieces of information, before telling Lin Changheng, "I do know a few things."
"Oh? Then let's hear them. Once things here are settled, I still need to make a trip south."
Lin Changheng immediately smiled.
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