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Zhu Minglang had collected a large sack of spiritual materials and happily returned to the Ancestral Dragon City-State.
Upon arrival at the Nan Family Residence and seeing the displayed corpses, he first thought his identity had been compromised. After inquiring, he nearly burst out laughing.
It turned out that the Great Zhou Clan had lost the Cultivation Fruit and immediately shifted their focus to the Nan Family Sacred Forest, hoping to make up for their loss.
But the Nan Family Sacred Forest was within the boundaries of the Ancestral Dragon City-State, and they naturally dreaded dealing with the Zhu Gate and Yaoshan Sword Sect that were stationed there. First off, their crossbow army could never get close to the Ancestral Dragon City-State, and second, the experts clearly associated with the Great Zhou Clan could not blatantly rob the place, so they could only send Elder Chen, who had connections with other miscellaneous sects, to forcibly occupy it.
