Chu Kingdom, Red Maple Plain.
A group of cultivators from the Nine Veins Alliance arrived from afar and presented their Identity Jade Tokens before the great formation.
There were eight or nine people in the group, all at Qi Refining cultivation, led by one man and two women.
As they entered the restrictions surrounding Red Maple Plain, several cultivators stationed there approached to verify their identities.
"Li Qingfeng."
"Cen Qinghe."
"Ju Luyi."
Their identities were checked one by one.
One of the stationed cultivators gave Ju Luyi a few extra looks, seemingly wanting to greet her, but saw that her gaze was lowered, as though she were thinking about something.
In the end, the words reached his lips, but he said nothing more and let them through.
"Please, go ahead."
"Sorry for the trouble."
They walked into the encampment one after another and disappeared from sight.
Only then did the guards exchange glances and begin chatting.
"They can go out on missions without a Foundation Establishment cultivator leading them now?"
"Seems so. That Li Qingfeng was only at Qi Refining perfection."
"Does that mean this war against the Demon Ruins really is almost over?"
"Who knows? Who can say for sure about something like that?" The speaker was a late Qi Refining stage cultivator with a middle-aged appearance.
He rubbed his chin. "Still, I did hear an elder say that the people in charge of the Nine Veins seem to be discussing withdrawing some cultivators from the front lines and sending them back to their sects."
"Seriously? What more is there to say, then? The Demon Ruins must be losing to us and getting ready to crawl back home."
"Really? Something about it feels strange to me."
Someone else was skeptical too. "Those Demon Ruins bastards made such a big