Forgotten Dao City, Late Night

Saint Heavenly Fist Sect Side Hall, Zhantai Wuyuan was meditating with his eyes closed in a cross-legged position.

As midnight approached, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the door.

"Wuyuan, let's go!"

Zhantai Wuyuan opened the door, looked at Duanmu Hong outside without saying anything, just nodded lightly, and followed him into the night, one in front of the other, moving towards the main hall of Saint Heavenly Fist Sect.

With Duanmu Hong, a Sub-Saint of Martial Dao, none of the martial artists stationed near the main hall noticed their presence, not even Hou Yuduan, who was quietly meditating inside the main hall, could perceive that the two had stealthily entered.

"Grandpa Duanmu, Hou Yuxiao is ruthless and cunning, stops at nothing to achieve his goals. To him, how important could his wife and children be? Can capturing Zhao Qingxue and Hou Wuji really make him obedient?"

As they approached the main hall entrance, Zhantai Wuyuan suddenly asked.

Duanmu Hong, walking ahead, had a slight glimmer in his eyes, turned back, and softly said: "Since the Sect Hierarch instructed us to do so, she must have her reasons. Hou Yuxiao hides his family in Forgotten Dao City and even has Hou Yuduan personally overseeing it, which shows his level of concern. What we should worry about is whether we can successfully find his family. As for anything else, we can talk about it once we capture them!"

Zhantai Wuyuan remembered his aunt Sikong Yue's orders, nodded, and said nothing more.

"Have you sensed the entrance to Five Elements Heaven yet?"

Inside the main hall, Duanmu Hong immediately inquired.

Zhantai Wuyuan did not speak, only took out a small stone from his bosom, held it, and closed his eyes to sense. This stone came from Five Elements Heaven and was personally handed to him by Sikong Yue before departure. His aunt's Five Elements Heaven and Hou Yuxiao's are of the same origin, using this method he could sense the entrance Hou Yuxiao left within Forgotten Dao City.

"In the far north of the palace."

Soon, Zhantai Wuyuan opened his eyes, pointed towards the northernmost direction of the main hall, and Duanmu Hong nodded, hurriedly leading him over.

At the far end of the main hall, was the entrance to a heavily guarded silent chamber.

Duanmu Hong suspended himself with Zhantai Wuyuan above the entrance, looking down. Their expressions simultaneously became much grimmer.

Outside the entrance stood two to three hundred people, all at the Yuan Dan Realm, dressed in the uniform of Hou Clan's Red Flame Army, each one full of spirit, watching every corner, even the airspace above them was not neglected, clearly very serious.

"It must be here. Only something as extraordinary as Five Elements Heaven could warrant Hou Yuduan's attention, to have this many Yuan Dan Realm experts guarding the entrance. The Hou Clan sure is impressive, everyone in the world thinks it's just a heavenly-level power, yet casually using two hundred Yuan Dan Realm experts as guards is something no ordinary heavenly power could match!"

"What's crucial is that these people are full of energy, which means they probably rotate in shifts for guarding duties, implying that the Hou Clan has more than just these two hundred Yuan Dan Realm experts, they have many more..."

Zhantai Wuyuan paused before continuing: "No wonder, my aunt has been using Five Elements Heaven to cultivate experts these years, and Hou Yuxiao, being so clever, wouldn't slack off either. Hexi has been rising in power, continually recruiting the Lu Family and Jiangbei Alliance, gathering many under its banner. Experts trained by Five Elements Heaven aren't few; even if they can't compare with our Divine Sect, they're not too far behind either!"

Duanmu Hong nodded, his expression ambiguous, knowing the Five Elements Heaven, having been inside, he knew how terrifying its time flow was. In the outside world, a few short years meant centuries inside Five Elements Heaven. For Rakshasa Holy Sect and many Holy Lands, the strange time flow of Five Elements Heaven was not as advantageous as it was for the newly risen Hou Clan.

This is because the personnel in Holy Lands tend to be older, especially at the expert level, spending time within Five Elements Heaven for cultivation would be a loss for them. In contrast, the newly established Hou Clan, not mentioning Hou Yuxiao and his siblings who are already astoundingly young, even other martial artist elites in Hou Clan are quite young. For them, time is what they lack the most.

Comparatively, the Five Elements Heaven had a more significant impact on the Hou Clan than it did on their New Moon Cult. Thinking back to when the subversion of Nanping Prefecture saw the Sect Hierarch yield half of the Five Elements Heaven to Hou Yuxiao, it seems it was a mistake...

"Hmm, someone's coming out!"

Duanmu Hong's voice warned them, and both quickly came back to their senses, looking down at the entrance to the Five Elements Heaven. The two hundred plus soldiers evidently had received a message beforehand, all bowed towards the entrance in respect.

Soon, a man and a woman, accompanied by a boy in white, came out. Seeing these three, especially the man in green clothing at the forefront, Duanmu Hong and Zhantai Wuyuan had their pupils shrink sharply and involuntarily stepped back.

"Hou Yuxiao, why is he here!"

"This is bad..."

Zhantai Wuyuan hadn't expected to encounter Hou Yuxiao and was caught off guard, while Duanmu Hong, despite expressing alarm with his words, had a knowing glint in his eyes, his composure not as frantic as his expression portrayed.