"Hehe, no matter. Among the disciples heading to Flowing Ice Valley are disciples of my Joyful Sect and Changbai Sect, and my junior brother is leading them. Nothing will go wrong!" Hengming said with a smile. "Besides, Flowing Ice Valley is no extraordinary place. What great battle could possibly happen there?"
It had to be said that the earlier remark still held true: cultivators with high cultivation were not necessarily skilled at deploying troops and arranging formations. If that fellow Tu Hong had been here, he presumably would not have spoken this way! Well, even if he had, the many cultivators would not have agreed. After all, Flowing Ice Valley had once been a spirit stone mine of Xuntian City! Who knew whether Tu Hong harbored selfish motives?
"Also, Fellow Daoist Qian Mo and Fellow Daoist Peng Die have not returned yet," Ji Hong of Cheng Ye Sect reminded them.
Kou Xiangling of Yongyi Gate also muttered, "There has been no news from the disciples of my Yongyi Gate, Mosang Mountain, Thunder Control Sect, and Huanhua Sect who went to Seven Absolute Ridge either!"
"These two spirit stone mines of Xuntian City are indeed very far from Xuntian City," Hengming said bitterly. "Those two are merely tiny spirit stone mines... How many sword cultivators could there be?"
As they spoke, radiance flickered in midair within the Council Hall!
"Oh, speak of Fellow Daoist Qian, and Fellow Daoist Qian arrives!" Hengming flicked his sleeve, and the radiance gradually solidified, revealing Qian Mo of Thunder Control Sect and Peng Die of Xuyan Sect within.
"You two have worked hard!" Seeing Qian Mo's unpleasant expression and even his tightly furrowed brow, Hengming's heart thudded. Though he spoke aloud, he muttered inwardly, Could my unease be connected to Li Chengxu?
"Hard work is not