"Husband, are you still unable to sleep?"

Lady Yan shifted her hips, leaned beside Li Yuan, and softly asked, "Did something happen?"

Li Yuan replied in a deep voice, "The Sect Leader took the experts and left the inner city."

The proprietress opened her eyes and said, "Did something go wrong?"

Lady Yan chuckled, "Sister Xue is also awake, huh?"

"No... I just feel something is off tonight." The proprietress shifted her body, grabbed Li Yuan's hand and held it to her chest, saying, "I've never seen the Elder come over in the middle of the night before..."

Li Yuan said, "You two sleep, I'll go out and take a look. As long as the inner city hasn't been breached, this place is still safe."

As he moved, he realized his body was tightly entwined by the two women.

"Be careful, husband."

"Mm." Li Yuan responded, extricated himself, and put on his clothes and pants again, slung on the Horse-Cutting Blade, took a black oil paper umbrella, and instead of going through the main gate, he flipped directly over the wall.

Clap! Clap!

His boots landed on the stone-paved road, splashing rainwater.

Li Yuan stepped forward, scanning his surroundings as he hurried towards the Demon Breeding Pavilion.

Before long, he arrived at the door of the Earth Pavilion. The Night Guard, personally appointed by Tie Sha, half-sat, half-slept under the eaves, with a blazing fire basin flickering under the autumn wind.

Upon hearing footsteps, the guard swiftly gripped his sword and opened his eyes, cautiously asking, "Who is it?"

"Li Yuan."

"Whew... What brings Young Master Li to the Demon Breeding Pavilion so late?"

"Yes, something suddenly came to mind, so I came to take a look."

"Young Master Li is truly diligent. Indeed, a genius of our Blood Saber Sect."

"You're too kind."

Li Yuan smiled and quickly entered the pavilion, stepping through the deep corridors into the underground.

In the darkness, pairs of glowing, fierce green eyes opened, quietly watching the newcomer.

Li Yuan took the key hidden in the Earth Pavilion, unlocked the cages one by one, and through the Divine Soul Connection, instructed, "Stay here."

The demon dogs promptly sat down one by one, with the only one not connected to him, the Black Rock, also squatting.

"Wait for my news."

Li Yuan issued another command, then left.

The stone slabs of the secret room were covered again, and the corridor's lights extinguished one by one.

The "special" Black Rock Demon Dog's eyes lit up, wanting to dash towards the stone steps, for the stone slabs were no substantial barrier to demon beasts. Just a few efforts and the slabs would crack open, allowing them to escape.

But as the Black Rock Demon Dog raised its head and straightened its legs to run upwards, a giant paw from the side placed itself on its head, pressing it down.

The Black Marquis opened its bloody mouth, growling low at the Black Rock Demon Dog as if saying, "Master said to stay here; no one is to go out."

Instantly, the Black Rock "woof woofed" twice, retracted its head, crouched its legs, obediently sat back down, and then re-entered the unlocked cage.

"That was fast, Young Master Li?"

"Mm, I tried and found it successful."

"You can control several Ninth Grade Demon Dogs now?" the guard asked.

"Kind of."

Li Yuan left the Demon Breeding Chamber, holding the oil paper umbrella, walking through the empty streets.

If there are any surprises, he can summon the demon dogs at any time through the "Divine Soul Connection."

If there are no surprises, once the Sect Leader returns, he will go and lock the Demon Beast Cages again.

But will something go wrong?

He didn't know.

Soon after, he arrived again at the inner city gate.

The city gate stood solemn, with silhouettes still guarding visible in the red glow of the fire basin under the eaves.

These people were neither miscellaneous tasks nor guards, who didn't require wages nor seemed to have families; they just silently guarded the place, apart from three meals and sleep, they never left. Within the sect, they were only referred to as city guards, with no known names.

Li Yuan suspected these were not normal people, but as it involved the secrets of the Blood Saber Sect, he was unable to find out at the moment. He saw the heavy iron-gray city gate still locked and then strolled back.

He returned home, took off his clothes and pants, got into bed, and hugged the petite Lady Yan to sleep again. Lady Yan's figure was petite and delicate, completely envelopable, like hugging a big pillow, and the proprietress wasn't jealous... just leaning against him from behind.

...

...

The hour of Yin had passed...

The hour of Mao had passed...

The hour of Chen had arrived.

The sky hadn't lightened, as the autumn rain still lingered, shrouding the entire inner city in a thin layer of gray mist like a veil.

The city guards slowly opened the inner city gate, revealing a small figure leading five Mantle Guests appearing at the entrance.

The city guards recognized them, saluting, "Tributor Gongshu, you've returned."

"Mm."

Gongshu Yang casually responded, leading the five Mantle Guests to enter the main gate in single file.

The rules of the inner city allowed city people to bring guests here without passports, with free access.

Gongshu Yang was not just an inner city person but a Tributor.

His bringing people back was nothing unusual.

The six entered the inner city, distancing from the gate, Gongshu Yang turned his head to look at a tall Mantle Guest, softly mumbled "Mm."

That Mantle Guest understood immediately, leading the other four away.

After leaving, the four dispersed, quickly heading towards the Demon Breeding Pavilion and the Puppet Room.

A force that's easy to defend but hard to attack gets its advantage from the puppets and demon beasts.

Puppets lack flexibility and, after being controlled, only patrol and attack in certain areas, thus performing poorly in invasion battles since they couldn't be brought to attack points beforehand to preset "patrol routes."

But in defensive battles, puppets are simply a game-changer.

The consensus among attackers would be to control the Puppet Room first.

The Demon Breeding Pavilion is essentially a time bomb with indiscriminate attack potential; previously, during the Blood Saber Sect's surprise attack on the Wei family, the Wei family released two Seventh Grade Demon Beasts.

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