"That's no small amount of pressure." Once only the two of them remained, Huo Lian gave a soft chuckle.
"Perhaps it'll give me even greater drive," Huang Xiao said.
"You didn't make the wrong move here," Huo Lian said. "Offending the Soul-Reaping Sect doesn't matter. As long as you catch the attention of the Demon God Sect or some of that fellow Kui Yong's close friends, would the Soul-Reaping Sect have the gall to touch the Fierce Mountain Gang?"
"That's what I was thinking too." Huang Xiao smiled. "Patriarch, it should take us half a month to reach the Demon God Sect, so it would be safer to set off a little early. The day after tomorrow?"
"That works." Huo Lian nodded. "As for the contest for Demon General Candidate Sect status, I already sent someone to register you long ago. At least until the contest ends, the Soul-Reaping Sect won't dare make a move against us."
After Huang Xiao and Huo Lian made arrangements for the affairs of the Wild Ox Sect and the Fierce Mountain Gang, they set off.
Accompanying them were Fu Min, the Fierce Mountain Gang's Second Deputy Gang Leader, and a dozen or so disciples, whose main task was to escort the congratulatory gifts.
The Fierce Mountain Gang had prepared two congratulatory gifts this time.
One was quite large: a seven-foot-tall specimen of Blood-Colored Coral that had cost a full five hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver to obtain. This was the congratulatory gift for the Demon God Sect's old Sect Master.
To transport this Blood-Colored Coral, the Fierce Mountain Gang had specially built a carriage to prevent the coral from being damaged on the road.
As for the congratulatory gift for the new Sect Master, it was much smaller and more exquisite.
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