From the top of the mountain, there were all kinds of auras, techniques, power of blood, swordsmanship, and even the aura of Buddhism. This was the time when the sky had just passed. Basically, all the cultivators would take this opportunity to train their cultivation. Then, it was clear who was a Dharma cultivator, Swordsman, body cultivator, and Buddhism cultivator.
Among them, there were a few auras of Sword Qi, but Lou Xiaoyi could identify them one by one. He could barely be considered a master of swordsmanship now. He had accumulated a lot of experience in external swordsmanship. When others used a sword, he could easily judge the power of the sword. Through the changes in the sword, he could also accurately judge the level of strength of the opponent.
Not everyone had a sword spirit when they were in Jin Dan. They could use the sword box on their back to improve themselves and not show it to others. Flying swords without a sword spirit could only be improved by using their full strength countless times. Therefore, he could sense it clearly from afar.
Could it be that someone was deliberately hiding from others and not using their full strength? Theoretically, it was possible, but in reality, it was unrealistic. If they were acting here every day, who would see it? If they did not deceive others, it would affect their own progress in swordsmanship. If they did not use their full strength, they would not be able to achieve their goal of practicing swordsmanship. They would not be able to challenge their own limits.
He thought that it would be difficult for others to notice his current state of peeping. There was no Yuanying here, and Celestial Arts were rare.
Then, could it be that this person was not even above twenty-five thousand feet, but was hiding among the Foundation Establishment cultivators?
It was very possible! If someone like him dared to stay high above the Cloud Peak, he would definitely be caught … Lou Xiaoyi turned into a star and floated down … He was not in a hurry. Maybe he was not here, or maybe he was sleeping behind closed doors?
He could only wait here passively, hoping that he could sneak into the circle of rogue cultivators to get some important information and meet someone who was as talkative as Hua Erlang. Or, he could only hope that there was accurate news from Huizhi.
Hopefully, it would not take too much time!
…
On the mountainside of Mount Yun Ding, there was a stretch of abodes that was less than a thousand feet above the clouds. At this distance, when there was a storm, the abodes could not be seen from the outside as they were shrouded in a boundless sea of clouds. When the weather was fine and the weather was dry, the abodes could be seen again, just like now.
This abode was originally used by the [Cloud Top Sword Palace] to entertain guests, and it was of the lowest grade. Hence, it was located at the lowest point and was closest to the sea of clouds. Now that the [Cloud Top Sword Palace] was occupied by the itinerant cultivators, the only people who were arranged to stay here were the weakest of the itinerant cultivators.
The abode was huge, with more than ten rows of buildings stacked on top of each other. There was no single door or courtyard, and it was more like a dormitory for Daoist children. This was just a metaphor. In fact, every room in the abode was arranged as a set. There was a living room, a bedroom, a study, a dining room, and a quiet room for cultivation. To a mortal, this was already considered a huge living space.
There were dozens of itinerant cultivators from all over the Cloud Lake Archipelago living here. Some were from the Cloud Lake Archipelago, some were from the Dalang and Erlang islands, and there were even some who came from overseas. Those who stayed here for a long time had already cultivated here for more than ten years. When they gathered together, they were a complete unit!
If an outsider came to challenge their residency, they would attack together! This was because everyone understood that as a unit, helping each other was helping themselves. With their low individual abilities, it was extremely difficult for them to protect their residency in the [Cloud Top Sword Palace]!
It was also because of this that this abode was the most stable group of residents in the [Cloud Top Sword Palace]. When those influential people rose like a rocket and fell like a comet, it was this inconspicuous place, which was covered by clouds from time to time, that maintained a shocking stability.
Because of this stability, they had children! This was an inevitable product of the lack of entertainment culture. Some couples were cultivators, some were children, and there were even adult men with children … This was the safest place for itinerant cultivators in the Cloud Lake Archipelago. The perfect intensity of spiritual vigor and a quiet environment for cultivation could help children to sense spiritual vigor to the maximum extent.
Ah Long brought Ah Hu to play hide-and-seek in the mountain rocks and trees outside the abode. Children who grew up in such an environment were always extraordinarily energetic. Playing such games would only be exciting at night. It would be best if this place was covered by clouds. At that time, all the children in the abode would run out, unlike today when there were only the two of them, who were the most mischievous.
Ah Long was twelve years old, and Ah Hu was only nine years old. They were not brothers, but inseparable companions!
When the two of them were tired from playing, they lay in the thick grass and looked up at the stars while sharing the snacks that they secretly brought out. This was the happiest stage of life. They were lucky enough to grow up here, and it was like heaven on earth.
"Look! That star! It's so strange! " Ah Hu was the first to discover that something was wrong. They lay here and looked at the stars every day, so they knew the brightest stars in the clouds like the back of their hands. Because they were born in a cultivator family, they knew much more about this than ordinary children.
Ah Long discovered it almost at the same time. "Yes! It looks like a star that's very close to us! Could it be that the star fell down? "
The two of them stared at the sky without blinking!
Thousands of itinerant cultivators on the cloud-filled peak could not see it, but two children were the first to discover that something was wrong with this star. This sounded ridiculous, but it had its own underlying reason.
When cultivators looked at the stars, they rarely stared at them like ordinary people! They relied more on their perception, which was to close their eyes and use their divine sense to distinguish the starlight in the sky. They used the intensity of the starlight to judge the size, distance, and familiarity. This was a conscious way of observing the stars. For those cultivators who did not pay attention to the stars in the sky, the function of their divine sense was to distinguish the fluctuations of spiritual vigor in a certain range around their bodies to determine whether there was danger, so they could not see it!
Because the current Lou Xiaoyi was a star, and his whole body was emitting starlight. Divine sense could not touch it, and a more advanced way of observing the world was lacking in the most basic aspects.
But the children were different. The only way they could observe the stars in the sky was to look up, not to mention that they did not need to look up now. Lying on the grass, countless stars naturally poured into their eyes.
"Is it a big bird?" Ah Hu asked.
"It could also be a person!" Ah Long looked more carefully.
The children's purer eyes easily penetrated Lou Xiaoyi's disguise, which was also a very famous paradox in the cultivation world. The more profound something was, the more likely it was to be broken through by pure eyes, because children did not have so many considerations, artistic conception, and ideas …
"If it's a person, why did he stop there?" Ah Hu was still young after all, so he did not quite understand.
"It could also be that he wants to do something bad!" Ah Long wanted to think more, but obviously he could not think of anything deeper.
"Shoot it down with a slingshot?" Ah Hu proposed the only way he could think of at his age!
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