Although Qing Chen had a high cultivation level and formidable combat strength, he had not been cultivating for long, and his circle of High-Rank acquaintances was still too small.
The Demon Lotus Sect under his command had grown to a considerable size and wielded some influence, but its sources of information were still far from high-level.
Their understanding of the Snake Spirit Thieves remained superficial. They knew only that they were a vicious band of raiders with Golden Core True Persons among their ranks.
True Person Budong had also forgotten about this, while the Golden Core elders of the Condensed Jade Sect were busy guarding Xuanji True Lord. After tossing the hot potato that was Earth Pass Island to Qing Chen, they had stopped concerning themselves with it.
For a moment, Qing Chen did not know how to answer Dragon-Seal Vajra.
He had long since learned from his subordinates' reports that these raiders included Golden Core cultivators, so he had always taken them rather seriously.
That was why he had sent Songshan True Person to patrol over a hundred thousand li of sea: first, to uphold the Condensed Jade Sect's prestige, and second, to let those people from the Impermanence Sect know that Earth Pass Island had one fewer True Person again, so they should hurry up and join forces with Ghostly Manor to launch a surprise attack!
Ideally, they would try to storm the execution ground at the Rebel-Slaying Platform, letting him catch them all in one net.
But these damned Snake Spirit Thieves had jumped out to attack Earth Pass Island, and he simply could not understand it.
Just what gave these Snake Spirit Thieves the nerve to make an enemy of the Condensed Jade Sect? Weren't they throwing his plans into disarray?
In truth, Qing Chen had