Upon hearing Stout’s words, Casey and the others had a slight twitch at the corners of their mouths.
Why does it feel like they have become a group of robbers?
“Aunt Edie’s arranged people shouldn’t arrive until the afternoon, everyone stop standing around, find something for yourselves to refine on the spot,” Billy said to the group.
“We’ll stay here for the night and head to Saint Cloud Pavilion tomorrow morning!”
“Boss, are we really going to rob?” Judge asked instinctively.
“If there’s treasure to take, why not take it!” Billy chuckled lightly.
For Billy, this trip to Saint Cloud Pavilion was a must!
He couldn’t forget what happened in front of Star Studded Maze over a month ago.
Leandro Gonzalez and the group from Saint Cloud Pavilion were not only after the secret techniques, but also their lives!
If it weren’t for Aubree arriving later, their fate could be imagined.
Since that day, he had already passed sentence on Saint Cloud Pavilion in his mind.
Furthermore, he may soon have to go to war with Crimson Flame Imperial Palace, and no one dares to guarantee that Saint Cloud Pavilion won’t get involved at that time.
Therefore, before heading to the imperial city, they must first make a trip to Saint Cloud Pavilion.
After that, including Billy, everyone picked some spirit fruits and beast cores to refine on their own.
As Billy predicted, about a hundred Skydragon Dark Guards arrived at the Five Elements Sect’s courtyard around three or four in the afternoon.
Following Billy’s instructions, aside from the specified spirit fruits and beast cores, everything else was turned upside down.
That night, Billy and the others continued to refine the spirit fruits and beast cores.
Billy knew that their opponents would inevitably become stronger, and he needed to improve his cultivation as soon as possible, so he didn’t deliberately suppress himself anymore.
After a night of refining, under the effect of bloodline power, he consecutively refined two intermediate sacred beast cores.
The result was as expected, his cultivation level rose by half a rank.
At this moment, he could already see the dawn of the fifth-rank Sacred Realm.
The next morning, Billy and the others headed towards Saint Cloud Pavilion.
Saint Cloud Pavilion was about a thousand kilometers away from the Five Elements Sect.
They landed in an open space outside the main gate of a city in less than two hours.
This city was a subsidiary city of Saint Cloud Pavilion, and the main sect headquarters of Saint Cloud Pavilion was located in a large mountain pit on the southern outskirts of the city.
The sect headquarters was surrounded by mountains on three sides, with an area comparable to that of the Five Elements Sect.
“Shadow Twenty-Six, greetings to Mr Billy!”
Shortly after landing on the ground, a Skydragon Shadow Guard quickly walked over and bowed.
“No need for formalities!” Billy raised his hand and said, “Are you the only one here?”
“Reporting to Mr Billy, I’m paired with Twenty-Four!” Twenty-Six replied respectfully.
“Where is he? Didn’t he come with you?” Azure Dragon asked.
“I was going to report this to you!” Twenty-Six spoke again.
“After receiving a message from Thirty yesterday evening, I met with Twenty-Four and agreed to wait here this morning together.”
“However, after the agreed time, I haven’t seen any sign of Twenty-Four.”
“Half an hour ago, I specially went to the main sect headquarters of Saint Cloud Pavilion to see if he was in trouble, but I was stopped by the people under the gate.”
“I was worried that Mr Billy was waiting too anxiously, so I came here first.”
“He didn’t expose his identity, did he?” Vermilion Bird frowned slightly.
“He shouldn’t have!” Twenty-Six responded.
“When we met last night, he said he was just a menial worker in the sect, and no one had ever suspected his identity.”
At this point, it seemed like something struck him, and he continued.
“By the way, something strange happened. I found that all the guards under the gate of Saint Cloud Pavilion seemed to have been replaced overnight. I don’t recognize any of them.”
“Are you sure?” Casey frowned slightly.
“Sure!” Twenty-Six nodded vigorously.
“I’ve delivered goods to their sect several times before, and I know at least half of the guards under the gate, but today when I went there, I didn’t recognize any of them.”
“Boss, could something have happened to Saint Cloud Pavilion?” White Tiger looked at Billy and asked.
“Let’s go check it out!” Billy narrowed his eyes slightly.
Then, led by Twenty-Six, everyone headed towards Saint Cloud Pavilion.
A few minutes later, they landed in the open space in front of the mountain pit.
“Mr Billy, that is the sect headquarters of Saint Cloud Pavilion!” Twenty-Six pointed ahead and spoke.
“Okay!” After Billy nodded, he quickly led everyone towards the gate.
“Who are you? This is a sacred place for the sect. Outsiders aren’t allowed near!” shouted a guard loudly as the group approached a hundred meters away from the gate.
“We have business with the sect master Leandro Gonzalez, please inform him,” Azure Dragon said to the guard.
“He is in seclusion and won’t see any visitors, please leave,” the man replied without hesitation.
“You are not from Saint Cloud Pavilion?” Azure Dragon’s eyes narrowed slightly upon hearing this.
Naturally, his question was to test the guard, but he didn’t expect to hit the mark.
Leandro Gonzalez had died over a month ago in Star Studded Maze, and if this person was from Saint Cloud Pavilion, how could he not know that their master had perished!
“What do you mean? If you don’t leave, don’t blame…” The guard trailed off.
Before he could finish his sentence, Ian Blade raised his hand and sent a palm wind sweeping towards the guard.
Being only at the mid-stage of Divine Realm, the guard couldn’t withstand Ian Blade’s attack and was directly swept away.
“You’re asking for death!”
Seeing this scene, the other five guards all shouted, lifted their hands, and rushed towards the group.
Bang…
Rushing forward fast but retreating even faster, they all ended up collapsing on the ground in pain after just a few steps.
“Who are you people, speak up and spare yourself…” Azure Dragon quickly walked up to one of them.
“No need to ask, follow me in!” Before Azure Dragon could finish his sentence, Billy interrupted him with a deep voice.
Following that, he quickly dashed into the mountain pit.
The group was slightly stunned, not understanding what had happened, but without any hesitation, they followed suit.
“Billy Boy, what’s wrong, have you noticed something…” Amber came up to Billy and asked.
As she spoke, her brows furrowed tightly, “Such a strong smell of blood!”
Not only her, but all the others also smelled it, with a hint of surprise flashing across their faces.
It wasn’t because they were being overly cautious, but because the smell of blood was just too strong.
As if they were in a closed space filled with blood mist.
However, they were in an open space, with a considerable mountain breeze blowing, so if it were just a little bit of blood smell, it would have dispersed long ago.
It was evident that something major had happened in the sect headquarters!
A few minutes later, they arrived at the gate of the sect headquarters of Saint Cloud Pavilion, and unsurprisingly, the smell of blood was even stronger here.
But because the main gate was closed, and the surrounding walls were tall, they couldn’t see the specific situation inside.
“Billy Boy, there’s a barrier!” At the same time, Opal shouted.
Indeed, the entire sect headquarters was shrouded in a barrier, and occasional wails could be heard coming from inside.
“I’ll give it a try!” Azure Fang said in a deep voice, activating his full strength and slashing towards the barrier.