In Parting Fire City, the city lord sat atop the walls, drinking wine and eating meat, perfectly at ease.
Behind him, banners fluttered, and burly New-Method Cultivators stood guard on either side, holding sabers, spears, staffs, and clubs.
Before him, alluring songstresses danced.
Just then, he saw a bank of black clouds sweeping toward him from afar.
Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled within those black clouds, hurricanes howled, and wind and rain accompanied them. They looked truly ferocious.
"Oh no, could a second wave of enemies be coming to attack?"
The city lord panicked. Thinking of the group that had just left, he turned to flee.
But just then, a white dove spirit flew out of the black clouds.
The white dove spirit spread his wings and soared, crying out, "City lord, city lord, don't leave!"
"I have urgent intelligence for you."
The lord of Parting Fire City said, "Huh?"
"I wasn't panicking!"
"Which eye of yours saw me panic?"
"Besides, whether I panicked is a minor issue. Hurry up and give me the intelligence."
The white dove spirit blinked. "Flower-Scatter Daoist Wang Quan is coming to attack. Please make preparations early, city lord."
Hearing this, the city lord flicked his sleeve and sneered. "Flower-Scatter Daoist Wang Quan left long ago. Why is your intelligence only arriving now?"
The white dove spirit blinked. "A bird spirit with wings like me can't fly as fast as someone without wings? City lord, are you lying to me?"
"I traveled all this way without daring to stop, day or night. If you don't believe me, ask them."
"They all witnessed my efforts!"
The black clouds, hurricanes, lightning, and other spirit monsters behind the white dove spirit cried out, "That's right, that's right! We all saw him traveling the whole way without stopping."
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