Zhao had been wandering around the Spirit Mountain for seven days, but he still hadn't found anything. During these seven days, he would wander around the Spirit Mountain during the day and return to the town to sleep at night. He was now very familiar with the town's people. The key was that these past few days, as long as he found a spirit in the Spirit Mountain, he would come back at night and invite the town's people to eat and drink.
Fortunately, there weren't many people in the small town. Every year, only a few dozen people would go to the store to drink. Two crystal stones worth of wine was enough for them. Not to mention a few crystal stones, even if it was a few jade essences, Zhao Hai would still be able to afford it.
Zhao Hai didn't dare to take out the wine from his Space to drink. Although the wine inside the Space was much better, he still couldn't explain the origin of the wine.
If Zhao Hai was still a Cultivator of the Tyrant's Blade Sect, then he would be able to take out as much wine as he wanted. Cultivators of a sect were treated well, so they could encounter anything.
But now, Zhao Hai was a Rogue Cultivator. Rogue Cultivators wouldn't store these things in their spatial equipment. This was because their spatial equipment generally wasn't that big. Even if they had space in their spatial equipment, they wouldn't use it to store wine.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't without any harvest these past few days. Just three days ago, he discovered that there were five newcomers in the small town. These five people seemed to be from the same group. From their clothes and equipment, it can be seen that their status wasn't low.
These people seemed to be very familiar with the situation in the unnamed town. After arriving at the town, they didn't go to the store to ask for information. Instead, they found a large courtyard and settled down. Then they went to the store to eat and casually chatted with Erzi. They wanted to know if there were any outsiders that came to the town recently.
Erzi thought that these people were here for Zhao Hai, so he told them about Zhao Hai's matter. When these people heard about Zhao Hai, they immediately inquired about it. However, the more Erzi talked about it, the more confused they became. In the end, Erzi saw that something was wrong. He asked them if they knew Zhao Hai. Naturally, they said that they didn't. This made Erzi suspicious, so he immediately stopped telling them about Zhao Hai. When Zhao Hai went to the store to drink at night, Erzi also told him about these people.
When Zhao Hai heard this, he immediately knew that these people were here for the same purpose as him. What he did before also made these people suspicious. When these people first heard about Zhao Hai, they thought that he was one of the people looking for the seal. However, when they heard about what Zhao Hai did, they felt that it wasn't the case.
If he was an ordinary person looking for the seal, then he wouldn't waste several days looking for a red-clothed sword cultivator in this small town. He also wouldn't go to the outskirts of the Spirit Mountain every day. This was because if he was looking for the seal, then he would have a map. If he had a map, then he wouldn't have gone to the outskirts.
Considering all of this, Zhao Hai didn't seem to be looking for the seal. But if Zhao Hai wasn't looking for the seal, then the timing of his appearance was too coincidental. These people didn't believe that this was just a coincidence.
Therefore, when Zhao Hai went to the store to drink with other people, they also went. They had been observing Zhao Hai, but they were still disappointed. Zhao Hai didn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He still drank with these cultivators every day and kept treating them. This caused these cultivators to have a good impression of Zhao Hai.
These people didn't know that while they were observing Zhao Hai, Zhao Hai was also observing them. Although these people were also at the Soul Combining Stage, it was obvious that their identities were different. From their words and clothes, they definitely weren't rogue cultivators. Even if they were rogue cultivators, they were rogue cultivators who had joined a certain force.
However, Zhao Hai didn't have any intention of talking to them. He was still chatting with the other cultivators. As for these people, Zhao Hai only greeted them and asked them to pay attention to the red-clothed sword cultivator. After that, he didn't say anything to them.
These cultivators didn't know whether to laugh or cry at Zhao Hai's actions. They were still suspecting Zhao Hai, but now, Zhao Hai was asking them to help him inquire about people. What was going on?
In the next few days, Zhao Hai was still wandering around the periphery of the Spirit Mountain. However, Zhao Hai discovered that these people were following him. Moreover, these people were using a very special artifact to hide their scent and spiritual force. Even their figures were hidden. It turned out to be an invisibility artifact.
It was precisely because of these people that Zhao Hai didn't go into the Spirit Mountain. Instead, he just wandered around the periphery of the Spirit Mountain. After two days, these cultivators finally stopped following him.
Zhao Hai knew that these cultivators couldn't keep following him. They had their own missions. If they continued to follow him, then they wouldn't be able to complete their missions.
On the third day, these people finally left. They followed the route on the map towards the Spirit Mountain. Naturally, Zhao Hai was the first to know about this. The movements of these five people couldn't escape Zhao Hai's eyes. This was because Zhao Hai had already placed Flowing Silver on their bodies. Although these people had a lot of artifacts, they were still at the Fusion Soul Stage. They were still quite a distance away from the Transcending Soul Stage. It was impossible for them to discover Flowing Silver.
After these people left, Zhao Hai also prepared to go to the Spirit Mountain. However, before he left, he went to greet all the cultivators that he met in the Unnamed Town. He told them that he would be returning to Raging Flame City to turn in his mission. He didn't say that he would be going to the Spirit Mountain.
Every place in the Unnamed Town had already been taken into the Space. Naturally, he didn't need to stay here. Because of this, Zhao Hai said that he would be leaving.
When the people in the Unnamed Town heard that Zhao Hai was leaving, they couldn't help but feel reluctant. There weren't many people that were as generous as Zhao Hai. In the past few days, their impression of Zhao Hai had been very good.
After leaving the Unnamed Town, Zhao Hai received his horse and then rushed towards the Spirit Mountain. This time, he was prepared to go deeper into the Spirit Mountain. He had already searched the periphery and couldn't find the seal. Because of this, he could only go deeper.
This time, Zhao Hai followed the route on the map. His journey was very smooth. After all, this route was discovered by the family that sacrificed countless lives.
However, Zhao Hai's speed wasn't very fast. He used the markings on the Space's map to make his Flowing Silver Dust fly further into the Spirit Mountain.
During the day, Zhao Hai didn't encounter any danger because he was following the route on the map. However, these routes weren't short. It was impossible for him to come out in a day. Because of this, Zhao Hai needed to stay there for a few days.
At night, Zhao Hai didn't want to cause any trouble. Although he didn't enter the Space, he still found a large tree and went inside to rest.
For the next few days, Zhao lived like this. He went further and further away from the Spirit Mountain. Ten days after he entered the forest, two groups of people came to the unnamed town. One group had ten people, while the other group only had three people. Zhao Hai didn't know what to do next. He didn't know what to do next. He didn't know what to do next. He didn't know what to do next.
After these two groups arrived at the Unnamed Town, they did the same thing as the previous five people. They went to Erzi and inquired about the new arrivals.
However, because Zhao Hai left, Erzi didn't have anything to worry about. He told the two groups about the previous five people. As for Zhao Hai's matter, he didn't say a word.
Zhao Hai also noticed the two groups of people. He knew what they were here for. However, what made Zhao Hai feel strange was that these two groups of people were actually at the Combine Soul Stage. This made Zhao Hai puzzled. The Spirit Mountain was very dangerous, wouldn't it be better to let Transcending Soul Stage Cultivators enter? Why were all the people sent here at the Combine Soul Stage? This kind of strength couldn't even be compared to some of the rogue cultivators in the Unnamed Town.
What Zhao Hai didn't know was that the search for the seal was an open secret in the family. Every year, three months before the Patriarch's birthday, they would send people to the Spirit Mountain to look for the seal. In order to prevent outsiders from noticing anything wrong, almost all of the people sent were at the Uniting Soul Stage. Although this wouldn't attract the attention of rogue cultivators, there would still be a lot of casualties. Sometimes, the people they sent didn't come back alive. But even so, they would still send people because it was the fastest way to climb up the ranks. Zhao Hai didn't know that the search for the seal was an open secret in the family. Every year, three months before the Patriarch's birthday, they would send people to the Spirit Mountain to look for the seal. In order to prevent outsiders from noticing anything wrong, almost all of the people sent were at the Uniting Soul Stage. Although this wouldn't attract the attention of rogue cultivators, it would still cause a lot of casualties.
It was also because of this reason that the cultivators that Zhao Hai saw were all at the Combine Soul Stage. There wasn't a single high-level cultivator.
However, in the recent few times, although those people sent out were still Union Soul Stage Cultivators, those Union Soul Stage Cultivators would still have magic tools on them. With these magic tools, these Union Soul Stage Cultivators would be able to compete with Void Splitting Realm Cultivators.
This way, the casualties of the Combine Soul Stage cultivators would be reduced. It also allowed them to be more familiar with the Unnamed Town and the Spirit Mountain. This way, even if they didn't find the seal in a year, they could still send them back next year. They could then look for places that they didn't find in the first year. This would increase the efficiency by a lot.
Shopkeeper Chen had just joined the family for a few years, so he didn't know about this matter. Today was the first time he knew about this matter. So he was so formal and only invited Zhao Hai alone. He also spent a lot of money to buy the map.
Shopkeeper Chen didn't expect that this map was a common item in that family. It wasn't worth that much money. The person who sold this map to Shopkeeper Chen just thought that he was a rich fool and wanted to take advantage of him.
It was precisely because of this that the five cultivators that Zhao Hai saw had magic tools that could make them invisible. Those cultivators were very familiar with the Unnamed Town.
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