The night passed peacefully.
Sensing that everything outside remained peaceful, Li Ping inwardly breathed a sigh of relief.
Dragging things out was good, because time was now on the Snowflight Sect's side.
If True Person Qian Xue recovered from the grief of losing her husband, or Xiao Yunzhi triggered a golden core phenomenon, either development would let the Snowflight Sect sit as firmly as a mountain.
And as time passed, the likelihood of those two things happening kept increasing.
Every rogue cultivator who survived in the city is ruthless. How could it be easy to unite them? Li Ping nodded inwardly. It'll be a blessing if they don't turn on each other like dogs.
Besides, True Person Mu Yun is definitely dead, but True Person Qian Xue is still alive. There are rumors that she's suffered cultivation deviation, but do those rogue cultivators dare gamble on it?
Win the gamble, and all they get is some cultivation resources. Lose, and they'll lose their lives, their Dao paths ending right here!
It's no good always thinking about shopping for free. People should keep their feet on the ground and work hard. You'd better hurry up and leave!
After inwardly advising the unseen rogue cultivators against it, Li Ping closed his eyes and resumed meditating to refine his qi.
Shi Yutong and Master Lei stood outside the hall where True Person Qian Xue rested, chatting all night.
At first, they talked about sect affairs. Gradually, they moved on to embarrassing stories from Shi Yutong's childhood, to True Person Mu Yun, to True Person Qian Xue, to-
As they talked, Shi Yutong's eyes reddened without her noticing.
During this time, she had suffered one blow after another: her father's death, then her mother's grief-induced cultivation deviation. Even while her heart ached, she had