Long Chen decided to just put away the rest of the wares and go with Yu Qingxuan. He wanted to call over Guo Ran and Xia Chen, but he had no idea where they had run off to.

Pushing through the crowd, Long Chen quickly saw several female disciples of the Vermilion Bird Empire surrounded by a group of people.

“It’s the Heavenly Ruler Seal Empire’s people.” Yu Qingxuan’s expression changed slightly.

“What kind of people are they?” asked Long Chen.

“An empire that’s not very powerful, and while our relationship with them isn’t good, we don’t have much enmity. However, for some reason, they’ve started targeting us in the last few years. I just returned to the Vermilion Bird Empire, so I’m not too clear on many of the empire’s matters....