After traveling for close to ten kilometers, two guest elders from the Fang Clan appeared up ahead, namely a seventh-tier martial artist and a Golden Core Tier cultivator.0

Zheng Dafeng stood up to exit the carriage, but Chen Ping'an raised a hand to stop him.0

Sui Youbian got out of her carriage first, followed by Lu Baixiang. Sui Youbian was going to face the two guest elders on her own for now, while Lu Baixiang slowly trailed along behind two of the carriages, ready to back up Sui Youbian at any moment.0

The remaining carriage had drawn to a halt, and it was soon also intercepted, this time by guest elders of the Hou Clan.0

Zhu Lian jumped out of his carriage.0

Another carriage drew to a halt, and Wei Xian began trailing along the carriage that Chen Ping'an and Zheng Dafeng were in on foot.0

After that came the guest elders of the Ding Clan.2

Wei Xian was dressed in his imperial dragon robe, outside of which was his West Mountain armor pellet, and he stopped in place, while the carriage continued onward.0

Zheng Dafeng shook his head as he said with tightly furrowed brows, "Things have already escalated beyond our expectations. The battle on the Dragon Scaling Platform went far better than any of us could've imagined, but the situation right now is even worse than the worst case scenario that we envisioned. The Fu Clan doesn't even care about upholding the dignity of the Cloud Forest Jiang Clan anymore! What on earth is going on?"0

As they drew close to the eastern gate of Old Dragon City's outer city, Chen Ping'an lifted the curtain of the carriage, then said, "This tells us that the cultivator of the Upper Five Tiers that's lurking behind the scenes has finally made an appearance. On top of that, they're most likely above the Unpolished Jade Tier. 0

“If not, then at very least, they have to be an Unpolished Jade Tier swordsman, and that's why even the Cloud Forest Jiang Clan is willing to swallow its...0