652 Qingzhou Alliance Plans At Small Wolf Mountain, where the white tiger and black tortoise clans were transporting spirit stones, Qin Huai and his companion, the king corpse, smelled blood long before they arrived.
âDid someone get here first?â Qin Huai wondered who might dare rob the royal clans. The three sects or Sacred Heart Sect? He quickened his pace, leaving a trail in the sky.
Upon arrival, a grim scene met him: countless dead bodies and rivers of blood. The attack was one-sided. But Qin Huai laughed when he recognized the victors.
âItâs you guys!â He landed, meeting the members of the renowned Qingzhou Alliance: Fang Huo, Le Jiâan, Wang Gang, Xu Tong, and Xiong Yujie.
Xu Tong grinned. âWe had the same idea, it seems.â
âAny tails following you?â asked Qin Huai.
Xu Tong replied teasingly, âXiang Mingfeng and She Wanshan drew most of the attention, so we lost most pursuers.â
Fang Huo added, âBut our sect master, Yun Qi, is the real magnet. Everyone sees him as a target.â
The group continued discussing the implications of their actions and the decisions they made. Qin Huai then handed a bottle containing beast trailing pearls to Wang Gang and Xiong Yujie.
âThere are ten special pearls inside. They can control the blood beasts⊠You two will take three thousand blood fiends to Qingzhou. Give them to Old Master Tong, and he will have his people make three thousand more.â
Qin Huai had made a toy-like thing based on the scarlet blood bead, so making it wasnât hard. But making three thousand would take time, so Qin Huai just made one bottle and gave it to them.
Wang Gang and Xiong Yujie were from a small force, and the latter was a wild cultivator and had traveled a lot. He was careful and knew many things and had seen many places, so this made him good for taking care of the blood beasts.
âUnderstood!â The two nodded in agreement.
âCan we fight with this?â Xiong Yujie, a former scholar turned wild cultivator, asked, referring to the beast trailing pearls.
âI can only barely use it to manage them. With these few pearls, six hundred is the maximum one can handle in battle,â Qin Huai replied.
Wang Gang wondered, âWhat if we run into spies from the three sects?â
âTry for peace first,â Qin Huai said. âIf that doesnât work, eliminate the threat. Trust your judgment.â
The two nodded, showing understanding.
Fang Huo, concerned, said, âWith experts leaving the main battlefield, they might target us. Should we retreat to Qingzhou?â Le Jiâan responded sharply, âThat would only reveal Qingzhou as our base.â
Qin Huai asked, âIs Qingzhou at risk?â
Xu Tong spoke up, âOur Military Advisor Gou has created a blood shadow maze array in Qingzhou, masking our presence. Thanks to him, our moves remain hidden.â
The group expressed respect for Gou Jie, once a promising young expert who sacrificed personal advancement to oversee their defenses. His skill in array formations had become legendary.
âMost who fled Qingzhou were Sacred Heart Sect followers or refugees headed to East Qingzhou. The three sects and six clans will likely arrive soon,â Xu Tong continued.
Qin Huai firmly said, âWe wonât ally with the Sacred Heart Sect. We have better options in the three sects.â
He was only a step away from the king realm, so he naturally spoke confidently. Also, they had better groups like the three sects to join. They didnât want to consider the ruthless Sacred Heart Sect.