"...A bounty notice!"
In another little town at the foot of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yan stared at the bounty notice in his hands, anger and apprehension lurking in his eyes.
"Five million, dead or alive... Tsk, tsk, tsk. Looks like the Misty Cloud Sect is really furious this time."
Yao Lao studied the bounty notice as well, stroking his beard.
"But wasn't it the Mo Family that tried to assassinate Brother Sun first?"
Xiao Yan looked thoroughly indignant, and blue-green flames began flickering in his eyes.
"Sometimes, this world doesn't care about right or wrong. Remember that, Little Yanzi... But don't worry too much. This bounty from the Misty Cloud Sect is mostly just for show."
Yao Lao offered a chuckling reassurance and patted Xiao Yan's head.
"After all..."
He pointed at the assessment of Sun Buxiao's strength on the notice.
[One-Star Dou Wang to Dou Emperor, exact level unknown]
"It's very difficult to settle a battle between two Dou Emperors. Only several Dou Emperors joining forces to surround one would have a chance of winning quickly... Although Young Friend Sun's cultivation is only at Three-Star Dou Wang right now, I'd rate his actual strength as infinitely close to Dou Zong. Handling two or three low- to mid-level Dou Emperors would be as easy as reaching out and grabbing them. Even against two Peak Dou Emperors, he could hold his own, and leaving would be a breeze."
"The Jia Ma Empire is already the weakest of the major nations in the Northwest. Dou Zong experts have all but vanished, and there are only a handful of Dou Huang experts. Nobody would risk their life for the Misty Cloud Sect over a mere five million gold coins and some goodwill from the sect that might or