The world was a chessboard, each move calculated three steps ahead (second update, please vote

Chapter 272: The world was a chessboard, each move calculated three steps ahead (second update, please vote~)

The three returned to the Qionghai Sword Pavilion, where everyone was already beside themselves with panic.

Zhou Qingyun called out, explaining that a Demon Fiend had emerged earlier, but the demonic threat had now been resolved: a Fourth Realm expert from Emei had arrived and driven the Demon Fiend away. Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.

Cheng Xinzhan also found the two young attendants. They had seen plenty of Fourth and Fifth Realm cultivators in the mountains and were not frightened at all. They had run quickly earlier and had not been injured.

Feeling that the situation in the south was uncertain, with demonic powers waxing and the Dao waning, Cheng Xinzhan asked the two attendants whether they wanted to return to Kanli Mountain with him for secluded cultivation.

The two attendants were unwilling, however. They said that since they had already left the mountain, they might as well brave some dangers, and even cited Cheng Xinzhan's own far-from-quiet cultivation over the years as an example.

Cheng Xinzhan smiled at their words and let them have their way.

He then sent word to Feng Ji Hu and Wu Qingbo. The two were nearby and had been concealed in the shadows earlier, ready to support Cheng Xinzhan at any moment. Cheng Xinzhan told them what had happened, reminding them in passing to be extremely careful if they intended to travel along the border between Kang-Dian.

Having made everything clear, he prepared to return to Kanli Mountain for secluded cultivation. He had gained a great deal from the battle just now: mountain clouds, Kanli, borrowed momentum, the suppression seal, and his ideas about refining treasures with the Earth Book. He needed to