The Cui family's power of awakening was the Earth Spirit.
This kind of unique surname power was said to be able to tread on the earth and possess boundless strength.
However, the most powerful power of awakening was the power that they awakened after they mutated.
The awakening power of every expert was usually related to their parents' inheritance. If two men and women from different clans married, there was a certain possibility that the next generation's power would mutate.
However, there was also a possibility that they could not awaken their power.
Every year, the Cui family had a few people who had awakened their power.
When Qin Feng, Ziya, Luo Chang, and Chunyu Xianxian arrived at Zhangqiu's Upper Ming City, they happened to meet some of the younger generation experts from the Cui family who were participating in the recruitment of the Lingyan Academy.
The four of them did not leave immediately. Instead, they purchased some resources in Upper Ming City.
Thanks to the Cui family's deterrence, the Lui family did not chase after them. Although they were unwilling, they did not dare to barge into the Cui family's territory.
The relationship between clans was not harmonious.
They each had their own territory.
Everyone minded their own business.
If one of the clans led an army to invade the territory, it would easily lead to a serious conflict.
The Cui family of Zhangqiu was not easy to deal with.
Upper Ming City was considered open. It was not only the gathering place of the Cui family of Zhangqiu, but also a very open market. Many clans had harvests in the forest. If the clans could not finish the harvest, they would sell it here.
The Cui family ensured the safety of the goods and collected a certain percentage of taxes.
This tax took up a large portion of the Cui family's finances. The Cui family placed great importance on this transaction.
The Lui family's Sun Precept City also had a similar existence, but it was obviously more overbearing. Moreover, there was internal strife within the Lui family, so it was not safe to enter Sun Precept City.
Obviously, Zhangqiu's Upper Ming City was more prosperous.
Especially during the harsh winter, food was scarce. Only here could one buy things for the clans to survive the winter.
After replenishing their supplies in Upper Ming City, the four of them set off again and headed towards the Xu family's Xu Du.
The Xu family rose in Xu Du with the Xu River as their backing.
The Xu River was a tributary of the Zhang River. Xu Dou was an ancient city. It was the ancient land of an ancient and enormous clan. After that illustrious clan was destroyed, the Xu Clan stood out among the numerous small clans and became the new master of this land.
In the ruins, the Xu family built Xu Du.
The mission of Qin Feng and the others was to hurry to Xu Du and take the boat down, which would lead them straight to Nanzhang Mansion on the bank of the Zhang River.
This was the shortest path.
If the path from Jieshi City to Upper Brilliance City was the path of savagery, then the path from Upper Brilliance City to Xu Du was the path of civilization. Many clans had formed villages and towns along the way, absorbing the surrounding clans and showing signs of prosperity.
Although it was snowing heavily, one could still see the experts of the clans passing by on the snowy road in their carriages. They were all in a hurry, dragging loads of goods as they rode by.
There were many such fleets.
However, most of them were heavily guarded, equipped with several clan knights with swords and sabers as guards.
Zi Ya was quite surprised. The girl in green and the girl in sackcloth were two beautiful women with extraordinary backgrounds. However, they were calm and unmoved. Obviously, they had seen a lot of this.
However, along the way, the girl in green and the girl in sackcloth had put on some makeup. Both of them were beautiful women. If such women appeared in the wilderness, they would inevitably attract attention and cause trouble. Therefore, they simply covered up their faces.
Qin Feng and the others sped toward Xu Du. Meanwhile, in Nanzhang Mansion, the spy who had been paying attention to Zi Ya also received news of Lu Wu's disappearance a few days later.
In the clans, there was usually only one word for disappearance.
Death.
What surprised the spies was more suspicion than surprise.
Lu Wu was not a nobody. He was a king-level expert.
Such an expert would also have an honorable status in the Nanzhang Prefecture.
The spy even suspected that it was the Jiang Clan who did it. Otherwise, a king-level expert would not have suddenly disappeared.
This caused the spy to mutter in his heart for a long time.
For the sake of caution, the spy tried his best to reduce his movements in a short period of time to avoid being detected by the Jiang Clan.
This sudden change in the spy's thoughts saved Qin Feng and the others a lot of trouble.
The Headhunter clan was still tracking the four. However, because they had entered the hinterland of Nanzhang Mansion, they slowed down their pursuit.
Although the Headhunter clan was not completely hostile to the Jiang Clan, they were definitely not friendly. Once the Ziya clan experts of Nanzhang Mansion found traces of them, they would not be merciful.
For the Headhunter clan to be able to obtain such benefits from the other clans and the Jiang Clan, they naturally knew the principle of concealing their strength.
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Half a month later, the group arrived at Xu Du faster than Zi Ya, the girl in green, and the girl in sackcloth had imagined.
Xu Du was a huge ancient city built by the water.
The city walls were tall and stood on the bank of the torrential Xu River. In front of them was a vast plain. Beside it was a tall mountain range. The mountain range seemed to be connected to Xu Du.
On the other side of Xu Du, there was a small port town near Xu Du.
The port here was like a blood vessel that connected the area. It was a very important place.
It was said that there were still some experts from the Zhangshui Divine Palace stationed in a place like Xu Du.
The Xu River also had the Water God sent by the Zhangshui Divine Palace. In the Xu Mountain Range on the side, there were also experts from the clans who served as Mountain Gods. They sat here and guarded the heart of the city at close range.
Outside Xu Du, Qin Feng sensed the Mountain God sitting in the Xu Mountain Range at close range. It was an early-stage Emperor Stage expert.
However, he had been conferred the title of Mountain God of the Xu Clan by the Zhangshui Divine Palace. He had been conferred the title by Xu Du and many other clans of various sizes. It was equivalent to having a rather high-level Karmic Position of Heaven and Earth.
This kind of Karmic Position of Heaven and Earth formed a powerful Divine Domain. Sitting in it was equivalent to blocking the mighty power of the mountains and rivers. It was very powerful.
An Emperor Stage expert of the same level would definitely not be a match for an expert of the same level who had been conferred the title of God.
In Qin Feng's view, this kind of Mountain God was much more precious than the consecration of ordinary powerful clans and tribes.
Qin Feng was somewhat tempted. He felt that he might have overlooked something. He could totally collect the essence of the mountains and rivers to obtain this kind of Karmic Position of Heaven and Earth.
However, this thought only lingered in his mind for a moment before it was discarded.
The Rules of Heaven and Earth in the inner world were different from the Spirit Sea. It seemed that only the consecration of the clans could make the inner world respond to it and give birth to a comparable Karmic Position of Heaven and Earth, or even the Divinity of the Desolate God.
If he collected too much essence of the mountains and rivers, without the recognition and consecration of the experts of the clans, he still could not resonate with the inner world and gather a powerful Karmic Position of Heaven and Earth.
Qin Feng noticed that on this land, the experts of the clans did not seem to be keen on this kind of Karmic Position of Heaven and Earth that relied on the mountains …
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