The Heavenly Flame Stone did, of course, exist, and naturally, so did the people from the Clear Sky Sect.
Although Lin Sen had colluded with Leng Xiyue behind the scenes to announce this mission, he had not lied. The circumstances surrounding the Heavenly Flame Stone's discovery, and the fact that it had nearly been intercepted by members of the Clear Sky Sect's lineage, were all true.
Only the account of the battle was false. Although the Clear Sky Sect's people were strong, after cannon fire instantly killed two of them, the younger members who had just slipped out of the Clear Sky Sect to carry out some mission surrendered at the first sign of trouble, having never seen anything so terrifying. How would they dare throw their lives away? Once reinforcements arrived, these Clear Sky Sect thugs were fitted with Soul Tools that restrained their Soul Power, and they were still locked in prison now.
After interrogation, it turned out that these people really had not appeared out of nowhere. They were actually scouts sent by the Clear Sky Sect. After hearing that enormous changes had taken place on the continent, the sect had quietly dispatched several teams to investigate, and this team had come to investigate Star Dou City.
Of course, the Clear Sky Sect's people always possessed a strange arrogance. They thought nothing of these new developments, so they had long since forgotten their mission and were merely asking around for information here. The moment they heard that a Heavenly Flame Stone from the northern mine was going to be transported back for sale, these penniless dogs planned to seize it and take it back to claim credit, only to end up beaten into this state.
Now that these Clear Sky Sect members, whose strength ranged from Soul