Upon receiving Wuming's letter, Zhou Wuji swiftly made his way to Yunyang.
Zhihe had already informed the upper monastery that undercurrents were stirring in Yunyang, drawing together numerous Devil Cultivators.
As a deacon of the Demon-Expelling Hall, Zhou Wuji naturally knew of these developments.
The Demon-Expelling Hall had not paid much attention to this, from top to bottom. Devil Cultivators had been very active these past few years. With Yunyang's Five Dragons Gang destroyed and its local factions in chaos, it was perfectly normal for Devil Cultivators to be drawn there.
Only Zhou Wuji knew that the Devil Cultivators gathering in Yunyang had another goal.
The Devil Cultivators he had killed before had actually all come for Fu Tianji's hidden treasure.
The many Devil Cultivators presumably could not find the treasure site. Their best option was to entrench themselves in Yunyang, put down roots, and develop their forces.
With enough manpower under their control, they could investigate the clues one by one and eventually find the treasure.
This was also an important reason why so many Devil Cultivators were fighting over the Five Dragons Gang's members.
True Person Zhihua also knew about the situation in Yunyang. Strangely, however, she did not seem particularly concerned, or rather, she had not devoted any effort to exploring Fu Tianji's cave abode.
Since even True Person Zhihua was leaving it alone, Zhou Wuji naturally had even less standing to interfere.
But he could not leave Wuming out of consideration. Such chaos could very well spill over onto Wuming.
Especially since he had quite a few enemies.
Zhou Wuji remembered very clearly that he had killed Chen Dalu on Old Dragon Island, while the remaining Fifth Rank martial artist, Chen Chaofeng, had been taken away by True Person Zhihua.
A Fifth Rank martial artist could