"How is it?" Huyuan He continued to ask.
Li Changtian and Lu Ming'er nodded at the same time. "We came to assist City Lord Huyuan in the first place, so naturally we have no objections."
"What about you, Young Master Xu?" Huyuan He turned to Xu Zimo and asked again.
"I don't really mind," Xu Zimo said with a smile.
"But who exactly is this Elder Xuankong? Why have I never heard of him?"
"Elder Xuankong is rather well-known in our Nine Provinces Domain," Li Changtian explained from the side.
"His cultivation isn't particularly high, but he understands a beast-taming art. He controls a great many demonic beasts and often researches their mutations.
"Like that Essence Devouring Eagle just now—it was mutated by him, and only he possesses it."
"Then let's go take a look at the bottom of the valley," Xu Zimo said.
Since Elder Xuankong intended to attack Chu City, he must have had an objective. He would not have done so for no reason.
"Then I must trouble you all," Huyuan He said, bowing to everyone.
The group once more headed down toward the valley floor.
As they descended, they intermittently encountered demonic beasts blocking their path.
There were eight-legged centipedes, blue-patterned snakes, and giant geckos.
"This place below is simply a dragon's pool and tiger's den," Li Changtian sighed.
When they encountered these mutated demonic beasts, they killed those they could. As for the troublesome ones, they simply ignored them and dove swiftly toward the valley floor.
"That fellow is probably trying to use these demonic beasts to hold us back while he escapes himself," Huyuan He snorted coldly.
"Let's reach the valley floor first."
The group charged all the way down. The deeper they went, the more luxuriantly the West King Flowers bloomed. Their fragrance