The Gu Clan had all but vanished from the Cultivation Realm. What reputation did they have left?
Xue Fuyao grumbled inwardly, but still agreed outwardly.
She did not know why the Baleful-Control Gu had appeared here, whether it was a conspiracy or a coincidence.
If it was a conspiracy, who was it aimed at?
The Kunlun Sect, the Yuanji Sect, or perhaps one of the other sects.
The disciples in their care were safely sent away overnight. Because of what had happened, they added three more Spirit-Testing Stones for the subsequent tests, using eight at once and squeezing what should have been two days of testing into a single day.
After bidding farewell to Lingwu City, they did not simply go their separate ways. One group escorted those who had finished testing and possessed spiritual roots to the Heavenly Dao Academy to settle them in, while the rest continued to the next location.
Not long after they left.
Inside Lingwu City.
That night, the City Lord of Lingwu City quietly slipped out of his room under cover of darkness and entered a courtyard that was supposedly abandoned and completely sealed off.
Though the courtyard looked dilapidated from the outside, an entirely different world lay within.
The City Lord of Lingwu City cautiously pushed open the door and made his way to the innermost room.
Through thin pink gauze, a slender, graceful figure could be faintly seen inside.
"They've left."
It was not a question, but a statement.
It was a woman's voice, so alluring it made one's bones go soft, yet also filled one with terror.
The City Lord of Lingwu City dropped to his knees with a thud, pressing his forehead to the floor as he said in a slightly trembling voice, "Th-they've already left."
"You failed, and you