With the assembly-line order for ten thousand Battle Puppets hanging over them, Changqingzi and Heavenly Hatred True Lord dared not waste a second. They scrambled into the artifact-refining room.
Yun Sheng and Star Moon Demon Saint also accepted their orders, turned into two streaks of light, and headed straight for the Special Operations Base in Yicheng.
Bringing a million student soldiers to the seventh level of Qi Refining in six months-Gu Changfeng was far too merciful an instructor for that. They needed the iron-fisted rules of the Cultivation World.
Chen Lin sat in a grand master's chair, lifted a cup of spirit tea, and took a gentle sip.
A mild breeze drifted through the Courtyard Compound. Five Spirit-Gathering Formations drew in and released rich spiritual energy. In the Back Courtyard, Clear Wind and Bright Moon, the two fifth-level demon beast spirit cats, rolled around, kicking an eighth-tier sea beast's Demon Core like a ball.
Just then, the Communication Jade Talisman sounded.
Ye Wenjun's voice was heavy with exhaustion and concern. "Advisor Chen, we've run into trouble. The day before yesterday, a folded space spanning over a thousand kilometers suddenly opened up in the Changbai Mountain region. A completely black divine mountain rose inside it, thousands of meters tall."
Chen Lin did not even lift his eyelids. "Spiritual veins have converged at Changbai Mountain since ancient times. What's so surprising about another mountain appearing?"
"It's no ordinary mountain." Ye Wenjun swallowed. "At night, seven-colored radiance erupts from its summit, lighting up the sky even two hundred kilometers away. Independent cultivators have been rushing inside like mad. More than three hundred Qi Refining cultivators went in. We haven't heard a peep from them, and not one has come out."
Chen Lin set his cup on the table. "Did the troops go in?"