"An interception?"
"Daoist Pujin?"
"A Pseudo-Core expert?"
"A Blackwood Treasure Ship with Golden Core might?"
Hearing his subordinate's report, Qing Chen fired off four questions in succession.
What was going on?
He had been calculating how to use the strength at his disposal to steadily advance his cultivation, reaching the peak of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage in one push, or even attempting the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
He had never expected this sudden turn of events to completely disrupt his plans.
Seeing this, Deng Ziyue scarcely dared to breathe, afraid that the slightest misstep would provoke Qing Chen.
He carefully and respectfully presented Qing Chen with the Jade Slip delivered through the transmission formation aboard the Mysterious Blood Warship.
Qing Chen took the Jade Slip and read its contents word by word, growing angrier the more he read. "Who exactly was guarding this defensive line?
"How could he let an entire Blackwood Treasure Ship with Golden Core might break through the blockade as though no one were there? Utterly absurd!"
More than seven years had passed since Qing Chen broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, but the constraints of his duties had kept him from ever visiting the front lines.
He had thought he could avoid the fighting, only to find that he could not escape it after all.
Decree of the Council of Elders:
"Daoist Pujin of Blackwood Island has led the Blackwood Treasure Ship through the Sea Prosperity Island defensive line and is heading straight for the Sect's Withered Earth Island...
"By decree: Qing Chen, Twelve Routes Inspector and Island Lord of Hidden Spirit Island, shall arrive at Chanda Island in seven days and place himself under Elder Shangshan's unified command."
After reading the Jade Slip and confirming that the aura of the seal upon it