Welcome, my ass!
All three cursed inwardly.
They had just been preparing to break through when the commotion from his side interrupted them again and again, nearly sending them into qi deviation several times.
In the end, they had burned through a mountain of resources without advancing an inch.
But when they saw the unfathomable, mysterious aura radiating from Chun Xiaobai, their resentment instantly melted away.
They could sense that their king had broken through again.
Whether they broke through hardly mattered. Their king's cultivation was the top priority!
He was the pillar of their crew!
Fang Yuan immediately shook his flab, squeezed a fawning smile onto his face, and nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, yes! Welcome back, Great King! Congratulations on perfecting your divine arts and successfully emerging from seclusion!"
"Glory to the Great King!" Xiao Zhang sidled over with an equally flattering expression.
Only Bai Jin'er watched Chun Xiaobai with a complicated look in her eyes. She realized that the distance between herself and this man seemed to be growing ever wider.
"Excellent! Excellent!" Chun Xiaobai basked in their praise and stepped forward to pat both men on the shoulders. "Then let's celebrate by pulling off a big job!"
"You got it!" Xiao Zhang slapped his thigh and rubbed his hands excitedly.
"Great King, while you were in seclusion, I sneaked out to scout around. They haven't officially started fighting yet, but I've already gotten a pretty clear picture of the situation!"
"Oh?" Chun Xiaobai gave him a somewhat surprised look.
This guy's quite the professional. He's got that fourth-in-command seat locked down!
Then he took the three aside to learn the details.
From Xiao Zhang, he learned that the core disciples of the Righteous Alliance and the Heavenly Baleful Valley had chosen the central region of the Dry Spirit