Just as Perfected Daoxuan occupied that high-grade fertile spirit soil outpost, Lin Feng noticed something amiss.
The points the Evergreen Sect earned each hour had decreased.
Lin Feng instantly guessed what had happened.
He quickly ran through all the high-grade outposts he had occupied in his mind and discovered that, sure enough, the location of one high-grade fertile spirit soil outpost had vanished from his mind.
It seemed another sect had seized an outpost their Evergreen Sect had already occupied.
Lin Feng snorted coldly.
Although I promised not to seize your outposts, turning around and seizing an outpost occupied by my Evergreen Sect is a little too presumptuous.
"Yurou, go check the situation."
Lin Feng gave Liu Yurou a rough direction and sent her to deal with it.
With Liu Yurou's qi refining tenth layer strength, she could practically walk sideways through the [Myriad Spirits Secret Realm]. Lin Feng was not worried in the slightest.
If he and Tie Dali had not had important business to attend to, he would have gone himself this time to see which petty scoundrel had dared trample on his Evergreen Sect!
Liu Yurou rode her flying sword, speeding toward the location Lin Feng had given her.
Ever since she had obtained a magical artifact flying sword, Liu Yurou's traveling speed had increased a little more. She simply did not know when she would possess a spiritual artifact of her own.
Half an hour later, Liu Yurou's extended divine sense keenly detected one of the sect's azure wolf spirit beasts racing toward her.
The azure wolf seemed to have noticed her as well. It gave a low growl and stopped.
Liu Yurou put away her flying sword and landed steadily before the azure wolf.
When the azure wolf saw Liu Yurou land, all the ferocity in its eyes faded, and it hurried forward.
Its enormous head affectionately rubbed back and forth against Liu Yurou's arm and shoulder, its fluffy mane brushing her sleeve until it swayed slightly. Low, docile whimpers rumbled in its throat, filled with affection and dependence.
After a brief display of affection, the azure wolf's expression abruptly changed.
Its ears flattened back, its mane bristled slightly, and a series of agitated growls escaped its mouth.
At the same time, it kept turning to look toward the outpost it guarded, forcefully pawing at the dirt beneath its feet. Every so often, it looked up at Liu Yurou, one indignant howl following another.
It nudged Liu Yurou's cuff with its head, then kept roaring toward the distance, as though doing its utmost to recount the sudden turn of events it had just encountered.
After several anxious gestures, Liu Yurou understood what the azure wolf wanted, and her brows knitted slightly.
"What is it? Did something happen?"
The azure wolf repeatedly raised its head and howled, its expression aggrieved and furious, constantly baring its teeth and growling toward the distant outpost.
Its movements and demeanor were filled with grievance and indignation, as though complaining to her that people from an outside sect had just barged into the Myriad Spirits Secret Realm and forcibly taken the high-grade outpost the Evergreen Sect had occupied with such difficulty.
The azure wolf was only at the qi refining first layer and could not speak human language.
Yet every movement and every resentful expression was remarkably humanlike.
Having understood the azure wolf's meaning, Liu Yurou rode her sword once more, taking the azure wolf with her as she continued speeding toward the outpost.
About another twenty minutes passed. Only after Liu Yurou had flown nearly fifty li on her sword did she land steadily before the newly lost high-grade fertile spirit soil outpost, guided by the azure wolf.
But by now, the spiritual energy barrier around this high-grade outpost had recovered, and two figures could vaguely be seen inside.
The moment the azure wolf landed, it charged at the spiritual energy barrier, roaring as it struck the barrier with its sharp claws.
If anyone understood wolf language, they would have understood it clearly at that moment:
"You mangy brats in there! You dared steal my Evergreen Sect's resources! Get out here and die!"
The azure wolf seemed to know it could not escape responsibility for losing the outpost either. It struck the spiritual energy barrier with tremendous force, but the effect was negligible.
At that moment, the two Daoxuan Sect disciples stationed at the outpost seemed to notice the azure wolf as well.
Hearing the azure wolf's roars, both their expressions changed involuntarily.
Their cultivation was only at the Houtian Realm. If this azure wolf broke in, how could they possibly be its match?
But when they saw that the azure wolf's attacks could not shake the spiritual energy barrier at all, the two felt slightly reassured.
At the same time, they immediately used their communication jade tokens to send their sect master a message:
"Sect Master, return at once! That azure wolf has come back!"
They had only just sent the message when, to their horror, they saw a sharp streak of sword qi slash down from the heavens, shattering the spiritual energy barrier they had considered impregnable into fragments scattered across the ground.
Liu Yurou had broken the spiritual energy barrier with nothing more than a casual swing of her sword.
This time, the high-grade outpost's spiritual energy barrier was only around the strength of the qi refining seventh layer.
Before her qi refining tenth layer cultivation, it was nowhere near enough.
When the two Daoxuan Sect disciples saw Liu Yurou slowly descend on her sword before them, they were scared out of their wits.
Faced with Liu Yurou's peak qi refining pressure, the two dropped straight to their knees. "May we ask which sect you come from, Senior? Why have you seized an outpost occupied by our Daoxuan Sect?"
They had only just finished speaking when, before Liu Yurou could respond, a wolf's roar rang out.
The two raised their heads slightly and discovered that the azure wolf was actually with this female cultivator, leaving them somewhat puzzled.
So this azure wolf was not the spirit beast guarding this outpost?
The azure wolf first rubbed lightly against Liu Yurou, then let out several furious roars at the two, as though rebuking them for turning around and blaming the victims.
Liu Yurou glanced at their cultivation and lost interest in calling them to account.
At the qi refining tenth layer, she disdained bullying mortals.
Next, Liu Yurou first removed the Daoxuan Sect's occupation and reclaimed the outpost for the Evergreen Sect, then began waiting for the culprit to arrive.
A short while later.
Perfected Daoxuan hurried back with a group of people in tow.
Today, he was going to see just who had eaten a bear's heart and a leopard's gall to dare seize their Daoxuan Sect's outpost!
Perfected Daoxuan had only just arrived with his group.
The first thing he heard was a wolf's roar.
Then, in disbelief, he watched that azure wolf vigorously imitating how they had attacked the spiritual energy barrier.
Every so often, it even stretched out a paw and pointed in his direction.
An ominous premonition rose in Perfected Daoxuan's heart.
Someone was actually backing this azure wolf? Could it be...
A terrifying pressure instantly descended.
Caught off guard, several qi refining fourth layer cultivators were pressed straight to the ground.
Only the four qi refining sixth layer cultivators from the Daoxuan Sect and the Azure Luan Sect could barely remain standing under this pressure.
Perfected Daoxuan cursed inwardly.
Then he politely cupped his hands. "May I ask if you are Tiancan Tudou, the sect master of the Evergreen Sect?"
No matter how foolish he was, by now he should have realized that the azure wolf guarding this high-grade outpost was actually the Evergreen Sect's spirit beast!
Did that not mean all those high-grade outposts guarded by azure wolves he had seen before were occupied by the Evergreen Sect?
That Tiancan Tudou really was not human! To think he was this powerful!