Mu Guyue told Li Yan the general content of her mission: she was to lead people to sell off the resources from one of the Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast Clan's territories. The Black Devil Race had already taken what they needed, leaving behind the rest.
Throwing them away would be a pity. These were all things the clansmen had won with blood and lives. The Black Devil Race had long since become adept at handling such matters. They would squeeze every war for the greatest possible profit.
Since this was neither a secret military operation nor the transport of precious treasures, and Mu Guyue did not know when Li Yan would emerge, she left behind a jade slip explaining everything. At the end, she also told him where Mu Sha had recently been stationed.
After reading the jade slip, Li Yan calculated the time Mu Guyue had mentioned. She would probably need more than half a month before returning. Thus, he did not remain at his residence. Instead, he headed out again, making straight for the military camp where Mu Sha was stationed.
After Mu Sha advanced to the rank of Devil Marshal, the sudden appearance of the Nine-Headed Green Phoenix Clan had forced him to hurriedly march out with the army. A few days later, the great decisive battle had begun.
Therefore, all his duties remained within the original army, and he was still in the Devil Blade Battalion. It was merely that he had begun taking charge of part of the battalion's affairs.
After Black Flame City was captured, Mu Guyue herself had been so busy that her feet scarcely touched the ground. Naturally, she had even less time to transfer Mu Sha elsewhere.
What was more, Li Yan had already told Mu Guyue that the Great Devil King