"My Fiery Baleful Qi Scripture has already reached the seventh level."
"One month should be enough for me to reach perfection at the ninth level, then break through to Second-Rank Meridian Opening."
"I just don't know... whether I'll have that much time."
Lu Mian could sense that the Void Cult was still plotting something.
They would never burn down the granaries and then do nothing.
Thousand Chimes Commandery City might soon face a tremendous upheaval.
If Lu Mian failed to advance to Second-Rank Meridian Opening before that upheaval began, he had no intention of getting involved. He would leave only his Mirror Nightmare Clone in the city to monitor the situation.
Only after reaching Second-Rank Meridian Opening, when he could ensure his own safety, would Lu Mian have the confidence to get involved.
After all, if he wanted to cultivate at the Sunflame Ancestral Court, he would need the old chief's recommendation.
In the inner city, at the Doctrine Transmission Palace.
The old chief, Songyangzi, sat on a meditation cushion.
Liang Chengyun and Ke Yuanyi stood before him.
"Chief, I still haven't discovered who was behind the granary fire."
Ke Yuanyi spoke with shame on his face.
"Who else could it be but the Void Cult?"
"To start such a massive fire in so little time, the Void Cult must have made thorough preparations."
"It seems our last purge failed to root out some of their more deeply concealed followers."
Songyangzi spoke softly.
Destruction was far easier than defense.
The Sunflame Daoist Grounds had already done remarkably well to maintain such firm control over Thousand Chimes Commandery City.
If the Void Cult was determined to wreak havoc, it would be difficult to stop them.
"Chief, our food supplies are dwindling."
"At the current ration levels, we can only hold