Protective Net

Lin Xiao's breakthrough to the Late Golden Core stage was considered a great joy within the Lingxian Sect.

That evening, Jiang Youfu took charge of cooking, with Liu Shengsheng assisting, and prepared a lavish feast, which the Lingxian Sect members thoroughly enjoyed.

However, the outside world was completely unaware of this.

Two days later, news came from the capital that most of the villagers of Euphrates Poplar Village in Huanyou Nation had recovered and, with the help of the government, had rebuilt their homes on a flat area near the original village site.

They also informed Lingxian Sect Alliance Army's subsequent decisions.

Although the culprit, the Grand Tutor, has not yet been captured, the Alliance Army have been stationed in Huanyou Nation for quite some time. After all, it is a legion composed of several surrounding countries, and it is remarkable that they have been able to work together for so long.

Now that the crisis in Huanyou Nation has come to an end, and the harm caused by Execution Stone is unlikely to return in the short term, the Alliance Army have decided to withdraw the main force from Huanyou Nation.

Only a few Alliance Army garrisons were left, with a small number of elite troops stationed there on a rotating basis.

The Huanyou Nation's court was responsible for strictly controlling the border defenses, but its main focus was not on preventing external threats, but rather on preventing internal ones.

To prevent the culprit, the Grand Preceptor, from escaping from Huanyou Nation.

This was also one of the conditions under which the Alliance Army handed over the administration of Huanyou Nation to the current ruler, Zhao Yunzhong.

After all, no one wants such a difficult-to-catch and extremely dangerous person to sneak into their territory and cause trouble, creating even more problems.

Since this person has made a name for himself within Huanyou Nation, it would be best to keep him trapped within Huanyou Nation.

This makes the goal quite clear and specific, doesn't it?

What could Zhao Yunzhong say about this? He could only agree, of course.

The country was only able to be reclaimed from the thieves thanks to the Alliance Army' intervention. It is impossible for the Alliance Army to hand over the country to them without offering any conditions.

Moreover, he knew that it would be much easier to capture the Grand Preceptor if he were confined within his own country, rather than letting him roam freely in the vast world.

Therefore, when this decision was being drafted, Zhao Yunzhong was busy every day arranging the border defenses of Huanyou Nation, striving to ensure that the Grand Preceptor could not escape.

Of course, in this matter, the high-ranking cultivators of the Alliance Army, especially the array masters from various countries, spared no effort in providing assistance to Huanyou Nation.

With the Huanyou Nation's imperial court sparing no expense, and the combined intellect of array masters from various countries, a massive and extremely tight protective network has been established along Huanyou Nation's borders.

Although the strength of this protective net is not as strong as the sealing array that Lin Xiao set up near the Execution Stone Mine, we learned from the prisoners who followed the Grand Preceptor that the Grand Preceptor was able to enter the Execution Stone Mine silently because he had been refining a Execution Stone that he always kept with him.

Those in the Alliance Army with extensive knowledge speculated that it was very likely formed from the Execution Stone Essence.

However, the Execution Stone Essence is extremely rare; a ton of Execution Stone can only be used to refine a palm-sized piece of Execution Stone Essence.

Based on the information gathered from the captured Execution Stone Party during this period, they calculated the Execution Stone production over the years and thus roughly determined that the Grand Preceptor could not possibly have too much Execution Stone Essence remaining.

Moreover, those older array masters added a lot of ingredients to this protective net.

Therefore, even if the Imperial Advisor were to exhaust Execution Stone Essence on his body to break through this protective net, everyone would still be able to trace which direction he broke through from, and the tracking distance would be at least twenty miles.

It's a backup plan, just in case.

Having received these messages from the capital, the matter was considered closed for everyone in the Lingxian Sect.

What happened after that was none of their business.

So everyone resumed focusing on their cultivation life as they built their sect.

I've been dealing with my father's funeral arrangements lately, and there's been a lot of running around to the notary office and stuff.

However, the Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and all departments will soon be on holiday, free from my daily nagging.

This chapter is short; I just wanted to say hello and thank everyone for their encouragement. I will cheer up, and after a few days of rest, I will get my thoughts and feelings back together and resume updating.

This new author would like to express my sincere gratitude to every lovely reader.