Chapter 224: A Storm is Brewing
Feng Xueting and Cong Rujin were not enough to intimidate all directions.
Two Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators couldn't withstand such enormous wealth.
At this time, Li Yunjing needed to utilize his internal connections within the Shenxiao Dao Sect.
Ma Xingyuan and his five companions were one group of Guardians, while another group was far away in Red Sun Valley, including Fang Yuxuan and others.
After handling the two matters of the Outer Sect competition and Star Moon Trading Company, Li Yunjing was finally satisfied.
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The banquet dispersed only at midnight. Ma Xingyuan, Yue Zhouwang, and Hou Boyan exchanged Communication Talismans with Jin Shouyun and Su Guo, agreeing that starting tomorrow, they would formally handle the process of joining Seven Stars Peak and training their combat power.
With Ma Xingyuan, Yue Zhouwang, and Hou Boyan seeing them off respectfully, Li Yunjing finally left Yaxiang Garden with Su Guo and Jin Shouyun and headed towards the teleportation array.
Returning to the hillside of Seven Stars Peak, Li Yunjing instructed Jin Shouyun and Su Guo to ensure proper training for Ma Xingyuan.
They needed to make sure Ma Xingyuan could transform within three months and truly become a top expert capable of contending for the first place in the Outer Sect.
With repeated assurances from Jin Shouyun and Su Guo, Li Yunjing finally felt at ease and leisurely walked towards Seven Star Palace.
Having handed out all the tasks, Li Yunjing returned to his Qiuwu Manor and was finally able to relax.
Everything had been arranged.
In the following days, Li Yunjing went into seclusion and did not come out.
These days, the entire atmosphere within Shenxiao Dao Sect had also grown heavy.
Many peaks saw numerous cultivators coming and going.
Especially some powerful peaks, which almost refused other visitors, closing the teleportation arrays and starting to mobilize the entire peak.
The same was true for Seven Star Palace.
Many Array Masters suddenly emerged from seclusion, and Xu Wuyi held several high-level meetings of Seven Star Palace.
Moreover, some Golden Core Realm experts in Seven Star Palace began appearing one after another, coming into everyone's sight.
The whole peak was shrouded in a tense and ominous atmosphere.
Li Yunjing, however, was not disturbed!
Xu Wuyi knew that Li Yunjing would definitely participate in the border affairs this time, and it was a solo squad action.
Since it was unrelated to the main army, there was no need to inform Li Yunjing about specific arrangements.
When the war came, the discipline of Shenxiao Dao Sect immediately manifested, with only the relevant personnel knowing their own tasks and others being unaware of anyone else's missions.
All the Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivators did not know the specifics of the tasks or their missions.
What they knew was that the Sect was going to war with other sects, and it was going to be a large-scale conflict.
They, as members of it, needed to participate.
This tense situation continued for ten days.
After ten days, Shenxiao Dao Sect seemed ready.
The entire sect almost knew that the high-ranking figures had begun studying a group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators to be deployed to the front lines.
Li Yunjing's trial mission was also brought onto the agenda.
Just waiting for the decision from the high-ranking figures on the expedition date, Li Yunjing would follow this group of Foundation Establishment disciples to the front line to complete his trial.
Such a grand scale had not happened for many years.
The lower-level cultivators of Shenxiao Dao Sect were talking about it everywhere.
Soon, the various peaks and stewards received orders from the high-level, conveyed down.
It was clearly stated that the border war would not involve Qi Refining Realm cultivators, instructing the lower-level cultivators to honestly stay in the sect to cultivate, not to overthink and certainly not to spread any false and chaotic rumors.
With that, the Shenxiao Dao Sect returned to a semblance of peace on the surface.
However, people were still paying attention to the affairs above, waiting for the day when the main army would set out.
After ten quiet days of seclusion, Li Yunjing improved his skills in the Talisman Dao, stabilizing at the level of a Tier Two Junior Rune Master.
Recently, he received a lot of information; even if Xu Wuyi did not find him, Li Yunjing knew that his departure to the front line seemed not far away.
At this time, how could Li Yunjing remain calm and quietly cultivate?
Stepping out from Qiuwu Manor, looking at the busy scene within Seven Star Palace.
Li Yunjing couldn't help but sigh. He took out his Communication Talisman to contact Lv Ruoxi, inquiring about the related matters.
Among Li Yunjing's core members, Yu Yunyi and Fu Chao were in secluded cultivation; thus, the only place he could inquire more information from was Lv Ruoxi.
As for Xu Wuyi and other stewards?
Li Yunjing did not disturb these powerful Sect Stewards.
Xu Wuyi was insanely busy these days; how could he have time to deal with him?
Moreover, what these stewards could tell Li Yunjing were mostly formalities, as for real insider information, these old foxes wouldn't easily disclose it to Li Yunjing.
This involved sect rules!
On the occasion of Shenxiao Dao Sect actively initiating the war, if Li Yunjing's background and identity were not clear, he would even be considered as a spy planted by other forces within Shenxiao Dao Sect.
Li Yunjing would be crazy to actively inquire about the army's movements and attack targets from these powerful stewards.
Since it was so, Li Yunjing did not bother to seek some ambiguous information which might lead to an investigation by the Law Enforcement Hall, causing trouble for himself.