Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Chapter 1536 - 955: Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion, Destiny Is Mine

Yun Bi and Yun Chuan examined the surroundings. From the battle remnants, it seemed likely that the Earth-shaking Tiger was responsible, as the battlefield was filled with traces of earth-elemental spiritual power, and most of the mountain forest bore marks of earth-elemental spells.

The two finally confirmed that this was indeed the work of the Earth-shaking Tiger tribe.

The destroyed flying boat belonged to the Thousand Array Alliance, sent to Dalisi Mountain under orders to repair the arrays. Onboard were two Second Order Array Masters, thirty-two First-order Array Masters, four Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and over a hundred late-stage Qi Refinement cultivators as escorts.

However, this group of people was entirely annihilated in the Earth-shaking Tiger Demon Clan’s ambush.

It should be noted that some individuals on that flying boat were well-known figures from White Cloud Immortal City; both Second Order Array Masters were among the elite of the Thousand Array Alliance, and the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators were not anonymous beings either.

Such a powerful force was ambushed and killed by the Earth-shaking Tiger Demon Clan near White Cloud Immortal City. As soon as the news spread, White Cloud Immortal City was in an uproar, with countless people discussing it.

The conflict between White Cloud Immortal City and the Earth-shaking Tiger tribe had persisted for over twenty years. White Cloud Immortal City had been suppressing the Earth-shaking Tiger tribe at Dalisi Mountain, but this time, the Earth-shaking Tiger actually attacked their doorstep, leaving many feeling perplexed and uneasy.

But this was only the beginning. In the following two months, there were a series of more than a dozen ambushes around White Cloud Immortal City. Any large flying boats departing from the city, or sizable groups of cultivators, encountered attacks by the Earth-shaking Tiger tribe.

In just two months, White Cloud Immortal City lost nearly a hundred Foundation Establishment Cultivators to these ambushes.

And among them was a disciple of White Cloud True Monarch.

Even though White Cloud Dao often dispatched teams to track down the killers, the results were nothing.

This bizarre situation plunged the entire White Cloud Immortal City into panic.

In the Jade Sky Hall at White Cloud Dao Field, six disciples of White Cloud True Monarch sat inside, the atmosphere exceedingly tense.

White Cloud True Monarch had recruited fifty-six disciples, but only ten were currently alive—not correct, now there were only nine, one having been ambushed and killed just outside the city a few days ago.

Aside from three disciples accompanying White Cloud True Monarch at Dalisi Mountain, the remaining six gathered here today, including Master Yun Ge responsible for Qingli Immortal City.

Six sat in the hall, with Yun Hai, Yun Bi, and Yun Chuan on the left, Yun Ge, Yun Fan, Yun Zhe on the right, and Yun Qiao, Yun Qian, Yun Cui with White Cloud True Monarch at Dalisi Mountain.

Those selected by White Cloud True Monarch as disciples were naturally exceptional individuals, top among cultivators.

Among them, Yun Hai, Yun Ge, and Yun Qiao’s cultivation had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment; they could attempt the Golden Core Realm at any time. However, being able to attempt didn’t guarantee success in forming the Golden Core and surviving the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation.

At this moment, Yun Hai’s face looked extremely grim; with White Cloud True Monarch absent from the Immortal City, he was solely responsible for all city affairs.

Now, with teams departing from the Immortal City repeatedly ambushed by the Earth-shaking Tiger tribe, he felt both disturbed and infuriated.

"Do any of my junior brothers have any suggestions?"

His face square and stern, sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, exuding a natural aura of power.

Everyone furrowed their brows, all appearing very somber.

It’s no fault of theirs, as they had already tried every method they could think of, yet still failed to find any trace of the opponents.

Though the opponents were clearly hiding around White Cloud Immortal City, they just couldn’t locate them.

They even tried luring them out, yet the opponents didn’t take the bait.

Yun Ge pondered for a moment and said, "Senior brother, we’ve already attempted luring them out before, but they didn’t fall for it. It’s likely they have an inside collaborator in the city!"

"An inside collaborator?" A cold gleam flashed in Yun Hai’s eyes.

"Impossible, which force within the city would cooperate with the Demon Clan?" Yun Fan felt incredulous.

"But if no one is passing them information, how else do they avoid our probes? Besides, all their ambushes have been uncannily accurate lately, whether the teams headed south, north, or east, they’ve been ambushed."

"It suggests they’ve already grasped these teams’ movements, even know when they leave the city, where they’re going, how strong they are. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a flaw-free series of ambushes like this."

Yun Ge spoke gravely.

Everyone glanced at each other upon hearing this.

Yun Ge’s words were very reasonable, and likely true.

White Cloud Immortal City is protected by arrays, preventing the use of espionage spells outside the city to spy inside, especially at White Cloud Dao Field which has specially designed arrays against such spells.

Under these circumstances, the opponents still managed to accurately grasp the city’s movements, almost certainly indicating an inside collaborator.

"And it’s not something one or two people could achieve, quite possibly a certain faction within the city!" Yun Ge spoke again.

Yun Hai asked, "Which faction do you think it might be?"

Yun Ge fell silent, and the others also became pensive.

After a moment, Yun Ge again spoke, "There are not many factions capable of monitoring the entire city, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion and Ten Thousand Treasures Store could, but they certainly wouldn’t do such a thing!"

"The remaining ones boil down to two factions, namely the Thousand Array Alliance and Cloud Wild Alliance. Thousand Array Alliance controls the city arrays; everyone’s comings and goings are under their oversight."