The Flameless Venerable would never allow that to happen. After all, he had spent so long at the Heavenly Cloud Venerable's side. He should have been the one to receive the Heavenly Cloud Divine Art.
He instinctively asked Long Tianming what he should do.
Long Tianming quietly whispered a plan into his ear.
Meanwhile, Nie Li returned to the courtyard knowing nothing about this. As far as he was concerned, winning the Heavenly Cloud Venerable's favor had brought him another step closer to the position of sect master.
Gu Bei also came over excitedly to report their gains. They had ambushed two of the Blood Moon Alliance's outposts, killing over a thousand of their members at the cost of sixty men. That number was enough to leave Gu Heng hurting for quite some time.
Li Xingyun had also gathered intelligence on the Blood Moon Alliance's outposts. Once Nie Li stabilized his Fate Soul, they would set out to destroy the enemy's Divine Pools.
Gu Bei had also learned something else: one of Gu Heng's most trusted confidants had been secretly embezzling the Blood Moon Alliance's Soul Stones. With someone so greedy and profit-driven, a little intimidation and temptation would be all it took to make him sell Gu Heng out.
Naturally, they had to meet this man.
The Heavenly Spirit Institute was bustling with activity at night.
They headed straight to a brothel, where they found a man drinking himself into a stupor with his arms around two young women.
He was none other than Gu Heng's confidant, He Gui.
They could not approach him themselves, so they sent someone to speak with He Gui and tell him they wanted to make a deal worth a hundred thousand Soul Stones.
Even He Gui was bewildered when he heard that. After