443. Conflict erupts

Lu Yao and his family returned home with a full load, in high spirits.

Three Great Grandmasters outside the city weren't quite so lucky.

After spending several hours, they still had not breached the Mercury Guards' defense, blocked at the doorway unable to enter.

Their Spirit Refining Practitioners, none of which recognized the formation, let alone understood how to break it, could only say helplessly:

"This is a grand formation laid down with the help of the earth's magnetic field, it would take a very long time to exhaust it with manpower..."

The three Great Grandmasters shook their heads in succession.

Officialdom rarely had any powerful Spirit Refiners, as those in power were always wary of those who could gather the power of belief; those at the Fetal Breath Realm were already the most core personnel.

"We must have Spirit Refiners!"

At this moment, all three were considering having their trusted subordinates, or even themselves, strengthen their Spirit Refining Stage.