The sky was oppressively dark.
Rain poured down in torrents, drenching the entire Lanlin County in a relentless deluge.
On a distant mountain peak, a middle-aged man clad in luxurious robes stood with his hands clasped behind his back, silently overlooking the rain-shrouded county below.
The downpour hammered against him, but the water was effortlessly repelled by an invisible barrier of Qi that encased his body.
"As planned, the three spirit-root cultivators of the Sun family have been dealt with. The Yun family has already sent their people," the robed man said, his voice calm and measured.
Behind him, six figures in black robes emerged from the shadows. They were young cultivators, likely in their twenties, with cultivation levels ranging from the third to the fifth stage of the Embryo Breath Realm.
"Who did the Yun family send this time?" the robed man asked.
