Chapter 1088: Four Borders (II)
White River Stream.
The Hidden East[1] territory had only been stabilized for the past year and a half. The esteemed families here were well-informed and knew a bit about the Kong Family's situation. As a result, morale was unsettled, and few cared much for the Li Family's stipends as they lived day to day without ambition.
Lights blazed on Hongfu Peak as cultivators came and went. The young man seated at the main seat had eyes dark as ink and six command tokens floating at his waist. Old Qu bustled in from below and reported, "My lord, a messenger from the North Brocade River King has arrived. He says there are changes in the Baiye territory."
Li Chenghui was the most cautious among the Li Family's Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. He had arranged for the North Brocade River King's envoys to reside on a nearby peak, exchanging jade pendants every month to ensure timely intelligence. After all, it would take them only fifteen minutes to fly here, and the territory was still under strict control. A delay in reports could easily mean disaster.
Li Chenghui stood up as soon as the news arrived. He had just received word of geomantic upheavals in Profound Peak Gate's mountains when Ying Hebai's message followed immediately.
In a grave tone, he said, "Daoist Master Changxi has fallen. Summon Ding Weizeng, and have all Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators withdraw immediately. There's no need to leave from Hongfu Peak."
Since Li Zhouwei had sent no word and no reinforcements were coming from the rear, Hongfu Peak could not possibly be held. The Hidden East had never truly been part of the Li Family's long-term plans. Aside from the land itself, there was little of real value, and everything that could be moved over the past year or two had already been relocated to the Floating South territory.
Aside from the immovable land and esteemed families, what was the most precious thing in the Hidden East?
Naturally, it was the Cloud Veiling Sky Ascent Formation atop Hongfu Peak!
Li Chenghui had only focused on three things over the past few years. First, he had relocated the common folk of Hidden East to strengthen Floating South, taking pains to migrate only ordinary people unrelated to the esteemed families and never relocating cultivators. Second, he extensively appointed esteemed cultivators to positions of authority, distributing all the spirit fields that Wenhu had painstakingly converted from private to public hands.