Wang Chen, Yun Xuhua, Su Xianlin, and Fu Yuan entered the Duan Mountains without being detected by anyone. Even the early-stage Martial Saint currently stationed in the Duan Mountains, who was watching over every worker, failed to detect their presence.The Duan Mountains were indeed heavily guarded. The purpose was not only to prevent intruders from entering, but also to prevent the slaves from escaping. Yet despite the tight security, Wang Chen and the others were able to sneak in without any difficulty.Now, with Fu Yuan's assistance, Wang Chen was placing various artifacts at numerous locations throughout the Duan Mountains.Some artifacts slowly descended near the slaves who were being forced to work. Others landed near the guards and began drilling into the ground. Not a single person noticed any of it.From above the clouds, Wang Chen was extremely cautious, keeping a close eye on everything. He could not afford to make even the slightest mistake. If the enemy detected him, his

Shang Ju Dong patrolled the Duan Mountains with one of his arms already missing. Because of this, he had become extremely irritable and often took his anger out on the guards over the smallest things. Sometimes, he would even beat them for no reason at all whenever he was in a bad mood.This caused the guards to vent their anger on the slaves. The slaves were forced to work even harder, and some of them eventually died from exhaustion after suffering countless wounds from being tortured.This was nothing unusual. The sect never lacked slaves, so losing a few of them was hardly a loss.In one of the mining areas, several guards stood watch, each accompanied by a Steel-Fanged Hound standing two meters tall.The hounds were extremely obedient to their respective masters. Their task was simple: devour slaves who had already died or were no longer capable of working, allowing the guards to replace them immediately and preventing the corpses from rotting and interfering with their work.Sud

Wang Chen and the others did not actually leave after stealing all the resources from the Duan Mountains.Instead, they waited near the Red Heaven Sect, calmly hovering above the clouds while perfectly concealing their presence.They waited until they saw Ze Yuan and the Elders leave the sect and head toward the Duan Mountains."Oh, only five Elders are leaving." Wang Chen raised an eyebrow."The Red Heaven Sect has six Martial Saint-level Elders, but of course, not all of them are always inside the sect. Their Fourth Elder is usually the one who leaves to gather information, and I don't see the Fourth Elder among them. So the Red Heaven Sect should now be completely devoid of Martial Saint-level protection." Su Xianlin explained."Hahaha! Then this will be very easy. They actually left their sect completely unguarded." Wang Chen laughed."It's only natural. The Duan Mountains are one of their most precious treasures, so all the Elders would want to inspect them personally. Besides, t

The Purple Valley Sect held a meeting after receiving a series of unusual reports recently.The Sect Master of the Purple Valley Sect and the Elders had already gathered in the main hall to discuss the matter."The Red Heaven Sect was destroyed, all the resources in the Duan Mountains disappeared, and not long after that, the same thing happened in the Yun Wu Forest. Then, our own Bai Hu Herbal Valley also mysteriously disappeared. A few days later, two sects under our protection were destroyed as well. We haven't found even the slightest trace of the culprit." Elder Gu Jing Han summarized everything that had happened."Who exactly dares to do this? That person must be found and tortured in the Nine Hells Prison!""Even the Nine Hells Prison would be too lenient for them! I'll investigate their background, and their entire family will be thrown into that prison as well!"The Elders looked furious. This was clearly an outright provocation, and the fact that they could not find any trac

Yun Xuhua, Su Xianlin, and Fu Yuan watched Wang Chen enter the sea. They were not particularly worried because they knew Wang Chen would be able to handle it.Of course, they did not let their guard down. They were all prepared to enter the sea immediately if anything happened to Wang Chen.Among them, Fu Yuan was clearly the most worried. It was obvious from her expression and restless movements.“There’s no need to worry so much, Fu Yuan. Wang Chen will definitely be fine.” Su Xianlin chuckled softly, finding Fu Yuan’s unusual behavior amusing.“Eh? Ah, I…” Fu Yuan felt embarrassed.“You don’t need to hide anything from us. We all love Wang Chen, don’t we?” Yun Xuhua smiled casually.After traveling together for such a long time, their relationship had grown much closer. Even so, Fu Yuan tended to hide her feelings, while Su Xianlin and Yun Xuhua were more open about theirs.It was clearly because Fu Yuan still considered her status inferior to Su Xianlin’s, so she tended to feel aw