Li Qing watched as Gong Ge skillfully disassembled the whip and bound the shepherd's hands and feet, while he made a call to Wang Baichuan.
"Officer Wang, withdraw your men. You probably can't get involved in this matter anymore, I need to take over!"
Once the call connected, Li Qing got straight to the point.
"It really involves a cultivator?" Wang Baichuan asked in surprise.
"An evil cultivator, six of them, to be exact, and they're very alert. Your men have been spotted," Li Qing relayed the information he had just extracted from the shepherd to Wang Baichuan, then added, "Withdraw everyone, there's no need to increase casualties unnecessarily."
"Alright!" Wang Baichuan agreed readily, "Do you need any assistance from me?"
Once evil cultivators were involved, it was no longer their department but Li Qing's jurisdiction.
"Was that drone in the sky yours?" asked Li Qing.