"All right." Feng Qingping nodded, understanding that the Clan Leader was trying to balance several concerns.
No sooner had she agreed than she took out another Mother-Child Talisman. After checking it, she handed it to the Clan Leader, unsure whether to laugh or cry. "Clan Leader, we've located the Golden-Haired Rat Clan. They went to Green Mound. They should be there now."
After reading it, Feng Xi's expression darkened again, and he swore outright. "Fuck, what exactly is the Qingqiu Fox Clan trying to do?"
Feng Qingping ventured, "What should we do?"
What she really meant was whether they should still bring them back.
Feng Xi shot her a vicious sidelong glance. A single Yin Ning had already forced them to bend and yield, and she wanted to go to Green Mound to arrest people? What was she thinking?
Feng Qingping immediately understood. Even the dignified Divine Maiden looked embarrassed.
Feng Xi changed the subject as well. "Since everyone who ought to be on Divine Mountain is still there, that means whoever broke into the Divine Temple to disrupt the formation should still be on the mountain..."
Outside Dazhi City, in a grove of heart-wrapping grass bathed in the rising sun, Dong Liangze stood with his eyes closed and his hands hanging at his sides. Sword Saint Fu Que circled him, occasionally striking his acupoints with spells.
Inside the city, the Book Hall had only just opened, and the Red-Clad Woman was already behind the counter, looking slightly tipsy again.
For all the city's bustle and prosperity, it amounted to little more than people coming and going. It could not stop the sun from rising and setting.
When darkness fell again and the Book Hall closed, its proprietor, Dong Wenshu, sent his daughter away from the front hall. With only