This was also because fiends had gathered in such numbers, making it so easy to find so many of them.
These fiends were only within a fifty-mile radius, not beyond it.
And these were only lone fiends; he had not dealt with those gathered in twos and threes, much less larger groups.
He would strive to keep them unaware, to make them fearful and uneasy.
Thus forcing out each of their dens.
With so many fiends dead, even more fiends could be drawn over.
The more fiends there were, the greater the merit.
Gu Junqi strode over with great strides and chuckled. "Slaughtered another batch of fiends?"
"Martial Uncle, I killed thirty." Chu Zhiyuan smiled and cupped his fists as he welcomed him inside.
Gu Junqi entered the small courtyard and sat beside the stone table. "Thirty of them—that's as many as the city guards kill in an entire year!"
Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "The fiends are gathering. They truly intend to do something big."
"Good that they've come!" Gu Junqi said. "The Sect Leader has replied."
Chu Zhiyuan's spirits rose.
Gu Junqi said, "The Sect Leader personally spoke with the Fuyun Sect's sect leader about the matter of the traitors... In fact, Fuyun Sect had already discovered them."
"There really are traitors?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.
Gu Junqi glanced around and lowered his voice. "There are indeed, and there are two of them."
"Two?" Chu Zhiyuan said in surprise.
Gu Junqi shook his head. "This is top secret and must never be passed on. I'm telling you only because you were involved in the matter, and because the Sect Leader thinks highly of you!"
"When did Fuyun Sect discover them?" Chu Zhiyuan asked.
"They discovered them long ago," Gu Junqi said. "The moment those two entered the sect, they confessed everything