Just as Ruo Yi was about to activate the array runes, she was interrupted by a man arriving at the hill.
"You should save your strength, Ruo Yi. Demonic cultivators are notoriously deceitful."
The man arrived alongside two others. His expression was arrogant, his eyes sharp and cold.
Their attention fixed directly ahead, staring at the man standing beside the blonde-haired woman.
"Shen Li?" Ruo Yi asked.
"The kingdom has already issued orders to reject every cultivator coming from the Song Kingdom. Allowing them in could open a path for enemy infiltration," replied the arrogant man named Shen Li.
From Wang Qinghe's perspective, Shen Li was only a Core Formation cultivator, even weaker than Ruo Yi.
Yet judging by the way Ruo Yi lowered her head respectfully, his status was clearly unusual.
"To prevent disaster, we must eliminate anyone coming from the Song Kingdom," Shen Li declared firmly.
"But we still don't know whether he's…"
