Chapter 916: False Alarm

Chapter 916: False Alarm

Close to half a day passed by in a flash, and it was starting to get dark.

The puppet army continued to refrain from advancing, but nor did it retreat, and it remained in the distance like a permanent fixture on the horizon.

On the city wall, the black-robed man asked in a disgruntled voice, "What the hell are these bastards up to? Are they plotting something?"

The other people gathered around E Kuai were just as perplexed, and all of them were speculating about Puppet City's intentions.

As for E Kuai himself, he remained standing in silence with a contemplative look in his eyes.

Even after much speculation, no consensus was reached, and the black-robed man turned to E Kuai with a hesitant expression as he began, "City Lord E, should we..."

"So long as the enemy doesn't move, we won't do anything, either. There's no need to make any rash moves. Keep a lookout for any sneak attacks and send out some scouts to find out exactly how many people Puppet City have sent on this occasion," E Kuai instructed.

The people around E Kuai promptly departed to carry out his orders, and soon, only the black-robed man was left.

"City Lord E, why haven't we called upon the people from the four cities to face the enemy together? There may not be many of them, but all of them are the cream of the crop from their respective cities, so they're still a force to be reckoned with," the black-robed man said.

"At this point, the situation is still unclear, so I won't call upon them for now," E Kuai replied with a shake of his head.

A perplexed look flashed through the black-robed man's eyes upon hearing this, but he didn't say anything further.

"I have to go take care of something, so I'll leave things here to you, Shao Ying. If the Puppet City army makes any hostile moves, then do as you see fit, and there's no need to consult me," E Kuai said.

Shao Ying faltered slightly upon hearing this, but before he had a chance to ask any questions, E Kuai had already vanished from the spot.

As night fell, the standoff between the two cities continued, with neither side initiating an attack.

The gentle moonlight basked the entire landscape in a cold, white glow, and at this moment, there was a woman in a white dress standing on a short hill hundreds of kilometers away from Profound City, looking up at the sky while humming a tune to herself.

The woman's features were concealed behind a black veil, but she had an extremely seductive figure that also somehow gave off an air of childlike purity and innocence.

It was a very strange combination of qualities to possess, presenting a unique sense of allure to the beholder.

Right at this moment, E Kuai suddenly appeared around a hundred feet away from the woman, and he said in a cold voice, "I can see that you've made some great progress in your Profound Maiden Seduction, Fellow Daoist Sha Xin. Having said that, it's quite courageous of you to have ventured away from your army to come here on your own so close to my Profound City."

"If you wish to attack me, then go right ahead, Fellow Daoist E," Sha Xin said in a lazy voice as she slowly turned to face E Kuai.

At the same time, the air of purity and innocence about her abruptly faded, and a wave of boundless seduction surged out of her body, causing even the surrounding landscape to appear more gentle and alluring.

E Kuai gave a cold harrumph upon seeing this, but didn't attack.

"I knew you wouldn't attack a frail woman like myself unprovoked, Fellow Daoist E," Sha Xin giggled.

The night quickly passed by, and to everyone's surprise, the Puppet City army began to retreat the next morning.

Before long, the Puppet City army had vanished without a trace, and Profound City was lifted from its state of lockdown.

With that, a major crisis was averted, leaving all of the citizens of Profound City feeling a combination of befuddlement and relief.

After all, everyone wanted to avoid a war between the two cities if possible.

Several days later.

Han Li was seated with his legs crossed in his room, channeling the Heavenly Baleful Purgatory Arts to refine the A tier beast core.

The A tier beast core contained an enormous amount of starpower, and even though he had already been refining it for many days with the assistance of the Heaven Controlling Vial, he was still yet to fully absorb it.

A new profound acupoint had appeared on his body, and it was displaying signs of opening, but was ultimately still yet to be fully opened.

Han Li opened his eyes, then strode over to the window to cast his gaze toward the city lord's manor outside.

At this point, several days had already passed since the Puppet City crisis, and the Puppet City army hadn't been sighted since its retreat.

Even so, E Kuai displayed no intention of continuing the Five City Martial Gathering, and the cultivators from the four subsidiary cities continued to remain in their respective courtyards.

However, early this morning, E Kuai had summoned the four city lords for a meeting.

Right at this moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly rang out from outside, and Han Li opened his door to discover a servant from Green Goat City.

The servant was quite startled to see the door suddenly open in front of him, and he extended a respectful bow as he said, "Senior Li, City Lord Chen would like to see you."

Han Li nodded in response, then took another glance in the direction of the city lord's manor before making his way to Chen Yang's residence.

Shortly thereafter, he arrived at Chen Yang's residence, only to find the doors tightly shut.

Han Li was just about to knock on the door when they swung open on their own, and Chen Yang's voice rang out from inside.

"Come in, Fellow Daoist Li."

Han Li stepped into the room, and the door swung shut behind him, following which a layer of white light appeared over its surface, completely isolating the room from the outside world.

At this moment, Gu Qianxun and Xuanyuan Xing were also in the room with Chen Yang, while Daoist Xie was standing silently behind him in his usual expressionless manner.

Han Li was rather surprised to see this. He had thought that Chen Yang would've summoned everyone for a debriefing about the current situation in Profound City, but that was clearly not the case.