More and more people were arriving.
Hou Niao sensed it, but did not care in the slightest.
In this bizarre courtyard, no matter how many people came, it was useless. Whether they were Golden Core or even Infant Transformation cultivators seemed to make little difference, because here, they all shared one opponent: the chaotic power of the five elements, so powerful it inspired despair, perhaps along with some other things?
So he simply went about his own business, trying to work out how to steer the variables represented by these three people in his favor.
He would not have much time. He needed to come up with a plan as soon as possible.
...Not a speck of dust stirred in Year-End City, and Horseshoe Town remained peaceful and tranquil. To make a battle of this level vanish without a trace right in the middle of a bustling town was beyond even an ordinary Infant Transformation cultivator's abilities.
The complete lack of activity after Zhang Hancheng went in could still be explained as his having fallen into that fellow's trap, but when two powerful Golden Core cultivators went in afterward and still not a ripple stirred, that pointed to a major problem.
Had they not even had time to send a message?
Tang Yan was growing restless. Only two people from their Daoist Sect had come this time, and with the two from the Duan Prince's Residence in the Jade Capital, that made four Golden Core Upper Cultivators in total, all renowned figures of formidable strength. They were embarrassed even to speak of such a lineup, afraid others would laugh at them for shamelessly bullying the weak with their strength. That was why they had arranged for some to act openly and others in secret.
But now three Golden Core cultivators