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Chapter 4678: 5.0430 Sour Grapes

"Given Yancheng's geographical location, simply having a large number of people won't be enough to break through once it's besieged."

"Qiao Qiao, I need to leave ahead of schedule."

Qiao Mu stared at him for a long while, her face showing disagreement.

"Don't worry, I can handle it," Duan Yue said with a slight smile. "How about letting Rong Qing continue overseeing the Tianyun training here? If you encounter any unresolved issues, just tell him, and he'll help you."

Qiao Mu gazed at him with her large, dark eyes for a moment before firmly stating, "Let's go together."

Duan Yue almost laughed, but seriously replied, "With my cultivation, there are few in this world who can harm me."

"However, after I leave, you must be careful in all matters."

"I'll leave two people to guard Mu Qingya."

"No need," Her Ladyship Qiao Qiao flatly refused. "Take them with you."

"Tianyun will certainly make a move these next few days. If possible, I'd like to stay here to protect you."

Qiao Mu glanced at him, raising her plump little fist slightly. "I'm not a weakling."

Duan Yue chuckled and nodded. "Alright, alright, alright."

"My trip to Yancheng will probably take more than a month. Once I've dealt with them, I'll return to find you."

Qiao Mu was still a bit uneasy and pressed further, "Are you planning to infiltrate the city with your people? If you go in with just a small pre-battle team, will you really be able to deal with them?"

"Yancheng's geographical location is quite unique. It's surrounded by water on all sides, and there are protective mechanisms underwater."

"As long as we can get in successfully," a faint, subtle light flickered in Duan Yue's eyes, "rest assured, those people will never return."

Qiao Mu found his explanation too simple and felt it was unreliable; she just couldn't relax.

"Then take a few alchemists with you."

She had no idea what the situation was like in that city right now, and she'd never even heard its name before. It likely wasn't highly ranked in Cangzhou.

She just didn't know why Tianyun had set their sights on it. Usually, Tianyun looked for strongholds outside the Three Continents, like Jiawei City, a sort of underground black market.

Now, their sudden extension of their reach to Yancheng in Cangzhou made it truly difficult to understand Tianyun's next move.

"Okay," Duan Yue smiled helplessly at her. "I'll take five alchemists with me. Is that secure enough now?"

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon." Duan Yue reassured the little poker face repeatedly, which finally caused her tightly drawn face to relax a bit.

The situation was quite urgent, so in the afternoon, Duan Yue led the five alchemists and departed from Snow Island.

The little poker face watched the direction their boat left, feeling somewhat uneasy for the entire afternoon.

Because of this, that fellow Ming Ya Si even came running to her, making a couple of sarcastic remarks.

Things like, "What danger could that guy possibly be in?"

"Do you think just anyone in this world can easily injure him?"

He rattled off a string of similar resentful comments.

The little poker face gave him an exasperated roll of her eyes.

Ming Ya Si followed her, saying, "If I also received news from Mingzhou right now and had to leave the island, would you worry about me the same way you worry about him?"

The little poker face couldn't be bothered to respond to him.

She didn't expect this guy to be a natural jinx.

By evening, an urgent message arrived from Mingzhou.

The situation was actually far more critical than in Yancheng in Cangzhou.