Now that Li Yan had appeared here today, their former speculation became even more plausible. Li Yan held an elder's position in Pojun Sect, so he would have had plenty of time to remain there.
Back then, Pojun Sect had been only about fifty thousand li from the Heavenly Demon Grassland. Naturally, Li Yan could have gone there often. That made it entirely believable that he had obtained the Undying Underworld Phoenix's blood essence!
Li Yan then briefly described Pojun Sect's situation. He did not explicitly mention the strength of the cultivators Chunyang Hall had sent to hunt them down. He merely said that after repelling them several times, Pojun Sect was still on high alert.
Thus, he could not go visit the Phoenix Four Clans for the time being. The rest of what he said was roughly the same as what Zuo Qiudan had previously conveyed, without revealing Pojun Sect's true trump cards.
After weighing things over, Ming Qi decided to reveal some of the decisions Ming Feng and the others had made, now that Li Yan had appeared here. Before Li Yan's arrival, after seeing Pojun Sect's situation, she and Ming Yu had mentioned only a little of it to Zuo Qiudan.
As for the possibility that the Phoenix Four Clans might lend Pojun Sect a hand, they had not intended to mention it again. But now that the circumstances had completely changed, Ming Qi still needed to reveal the Phoenix Four Clans' true intentions.
Hearing that the Phoenix Four Clans were also hesitating over whether to help Pojun Sect once, Li Yan felt that although such an outcome was unlikely, the Phoenix Four Clans had truly put their hearts into helping Zuo Qiudan.
Ming Qi herself stated that now that they knew Pojun Sect was connected to