Following the clues Su Jiu and her two companions had left them, Feng Qi and Yun Chao soon brought a large group of Enforcement Hall disciples to the edge of the Miasma Forest.
At the same time, several Heavenly Music Pavilion disciples with relatively low Cultivation Levels trailed behind them.
Xia Jue surveyed the sharply defined boundary between the inside and outside of the Miasma Forest, an almost imperceptible gleam passing through his eyes.
"Thirteenth, Fourteenth, lead the other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators and guard this position. Everyone else, come inside with me."
At this point, Xia Jue paused briefly and turned toward the disciples of other sects who did not belong to the Enforcement Hall. "Those with a Cultivation Level below the Spirit Severing Stage would be better off not following us in."
It was a word of warning. As for the specific reason, Xia Jue had no intention of explaining it to them.
Yet even that single remark surprised Feng Qi a little.
He knew their esteemed Hall Master Xia all too well. Though seemingly gentle, he had never placed any importance on other people's lives, especially those who lacked self-awareness and stubbornly courted death. Such people received no attention from him whatsoever.
It could be said that Xia Jue's actions today truly exceeded his expectations.
The outside world's claims that the Enforcement Hall was cold-blooded had never been mere talk.
Xia Jue paid no attention to Feng Qi's surprise. His robes swayed slightly, and in an instant, he vanished into the ashen mist ahead.
Immediately afterward, the Enforcement Hall disciples behind him filed in.
But if Su Jiu had been present, she would have noticed that this group of Enforcement Hall disciples differed from those she had seen before.
From their clothing and accessories to their Cultivation