In the blink of an eye.
Nearly two months had passed since Gu Chenfeng returned to the Four Symbols Sect from Purple Cloud City.
During this time, the Purple Cloud Prefecture cultivation world had been anything but peaceful.
The turmoil along the border between the two races, in particular, had only intensified.
Rumor had it that negotiations between the two races had originally been nearing their end, with the terms already settled.
But two months ago, after Purple Cloud City's city lord, Si Mingwei, visited the Purple Cloud Sect's sect master, matters had taken a different turn.
It was said that the city lord had also brought an order from Star Luo Hall on that visit.
Not only had it rejected every concession to the Demon Race.
It had also dispatched a new group of negotiators to the border to take a hard line against the Demon Race.
This had enraged the Demon Race, and rumor had it that experts from both sides had even broken into battle on the spot.
The negotiations had collapsed completely.
Recently, rumors had spread throughout the Purple Cloud Prefecture cultivation world that war between the two races was about to erupt along the border.
They had left the various factions of Purple Cloud Prefecture in a state of alarm.
Some factions and rogue cultivators had even left Purple Cloud Prefecture ahead of time to escape the fighting.
Against this tense backdrop, the Four Symbols Sect, caught in the whirlpool of public discussion, still remained quietly entrenched in the Cloudwatch Mountains.
It seemed utterly unconcerned with everything happening outside.
Only, the weather around the Four Symbols Sect seemed rather poor lately, with dark clouds frequently gathering and savage flashes of lightning flickering within them.
It was as though they foretold something ill about to descend