Chapter 173: Turn of the Tides

Three months later, it was late autumn, and the weather slowly turned cold.

Beneath Flame Volcano, the plaza where twelve spirit pattern pillars were situated was still locked down.

Other than the personnel that normally catered to Qin Lie’s needs and Jiang Hao ,who brought him various spirit medicine and spirit tablets, all the other disciple, whether they were in the inner sect or outer sect, were strictly forbidden from taking even a step inside.

Sect Master Ying Xingran and three great reverends often took turns to check in on Qin Lie’s progress.

For the past three months, Armament Sect and Dark Shadow Tower’s clashes had become more and more frequent. Dark Shadow Tower’s Dark Tower and Shadow Tower experts continuously appeared outside Armament City to rob and kill all Armament Sect members who went in and out Armament City.

Armament Sect and Dark Shadow Tower’s conflicts caused a lot of martial practitioners from small forces who had come to Armament City for business to grow wary about entering the city.

Only the four great forces, Dark Asura Hall, Seven Fiends Valley, Cloud Sky Mountain, and Purple Mist Sea dared to continue trading as normal with Armament Sect with even with Dark Shadow Tower patrolling outside the city.

Because Dark Shadow...