Their eyes were filled with deep weariness, yet each of them gave off the feeling of a ferocious beast being released from its cage.
Not only were their bodies lean and wiry, but hunger also lurked in their eyes. Whenever they looked at someone, they seemed ready to choose a victim and devour them.
After returning to the sect, Mu Guyue met with Shangguan Tianque and Ren Yanyu, then removed another twelve Golden Core Realm cultivators from the group, allowing them to return to the sect normally. In the end, exactly fifty Golden Core Realm cultivators remained.
Everyone was then dismissed and told to go back and rest properly for a few days. They would set out in three days.
Shangguan Tianque and Ren Yanyu did not ask where the missing Golden Core Realm cultivators had gone after Mu Guyue's group returned.
Among those missing disciples were quite a few who had been nurtured by the Broken Army Sect from the Qi Condensation Realm onward. Yet from that day on, no one ever saw them again.
After Shangguan Tianque, Ren Yanyu, and Mu Guyue exchanged only a few simple words, they all understood without speaking further.
Mu Guyue then took her leave as well, but rather than heading toward her own cave abode, she flew in the direction of Li Yan's cave abode.
Shangguan Tianque and Ren Yanyu exchanged a smile at that. They had long seen that the relationship between those two was not merely what Li Yan claimed with his words.
Mu Guyue in particular never bothered with concealment in her actions. The Devil Race had always done whatever they wished when it came to their likes and dislikes; otherwise, they simply paid no attention at all.
Three days later, more than a thousand people had gathered in