The Cloud Equipment Clan was famous in the cultivation world for being a tough nut to crack.
The Tai-shu Clan's bloodline was also famous in the cultivation world. Therefore, the probability of finding a suitable candidate for cultivation was extremely high. The entire Cloud Equipment Clan was basically made up of people from the same clan.
The clan was not only cruel to outsiders, but also to their own people. Their children who were suitable for cultivation would be recruited into the Cloud Equipment Clan, and those who were not would be thrown into the Jin Nation's army as soldiers. They would start as ordinary soldiers without any special treatment. If they were capable enough, they would have to climb up.
As for women who were not suitable for cultivation, they would either be married to court officials or generals in the army.
Of course, the people of the Jin Nation would be proud to marry a daughter of the Tai-shu Clan.
In this way, the entire Jin Nation was ruled by the Tai-shu Clan. Other cultivation forces were unable to compete with them.
On the other hand, it was also because of this that the Jin Nation was very united.
The clan's tough style was also reflected at this time. Even though it was dark and inconvenient to search, the Cloud Equipment Clan led the cultivators of the Jin Nation to search in the direction Ji Yude pointed.
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"Sigh! I've been tricked by the Cloud Equipment Clan this time. "
Standing on the peak of a mountain, Niu Youdao looked around and sighed.
He led a few people back to search for the Spirit Sect, but they couldn't find them.
Although the Spirit Sect had managed to locate the Jin Nation members earlier, for the sake of safety, they had asked the Spirit Sect members to stop setting up road signs as they made their way towards the Jin Nation. By the time they had realized that the Jin Nation members were not to be trifled with, the Spirit Sect members had already disappeared.
They searched everywhere and even found the place where they had parted ways with the people of the Spirit Sect. They followed the direction they had gone but still couldn't find them.
Perhaps for some reason, the Spirit Sect had changed their direction.
Wu Zhaoxing and the others looked around and realized that things were a little troublesome.
At the beginning, when they had just come out of the ancient forest, the spread of the forces was not large and they could easily bump into each other.
Now that they had entered the secret realm of Heaven Capital for more than three months, the spread of the forces could be imagined. It could be seen from the frequency of the intervals between finding the other forces.
Previously, they had relied on the large number of people from the related forces to connect to the next target. Now that the connection was interrupted, it was indeed troublesome.
With just the few of them, they didn't have the ability to search a large area. Perhaps the people from other forces weren't far from them. Even if they were just a few miles away, it would still be easy to miss them.
Even the Spirit Sect, which was relatively close, could not be found. After so much time had passed, it would be even more difficult to find other organizations.
Everything had been going well the whole way, but they had been cut off by the Cloud Tool Sect. To Niu Youdao, he had been tricked by the Cloud Tool Sect.
"Why don't we go back to the Cloud Tool Sect?" Yun Huan suggested.
Brainstorming was also a good thing, but it was hard to guarantee that there would not be any areas that he did not consider thoroughly. Niu Youdao immediately asked, "What do you mean?"
Yun Huan said, "You said that they will search for the person who attacked our disciples. If they are searching in that area, we might run into them if we go back. Think of a way to get in touch with your people. We'll continue to tail the Cloudforge Sect. With them leading the way, it'll be safer. If we run around like this, we won't even know if our enemies discover us. It's very likely that we'll be surrounded. "
He had thought that it was a good idea, but Niu Youdao had already thought of it. It was not suitable.
There were not many people from the Waning Moon Pavilion who had entered the Celestial Capital secret realm, at least not as many as Wu Zhaoxing and the others had imagined. If a large number of people from the Waning Moon Pavilion could appear on the list of recommendations from all the countries, how powerful would the Waning Moon Pavilion be? Some countries might not even have a single person. This was after the Waning Moon Pavilion had adjusted their personnel so that they could assign two or three people to act as Niu Youdao's eyes and ears in each country. There were only two rogue cultivators in the Jin State.
It would not work to use the same method to contact Ji Yude. Moreover, the incident happened to Ji Yude, so it would be hard for the Cloud Tool Sect not to suspect Ji Yude.
It would not work to use the same method to contact another rogue cultivator. Every time, the rogue cultivator would be fine, but the others would die. This was illogical. Would they still dare to leave a mark on the road? Were they afraid that no one would keep an eye on them?
He had spent so much time and energy on this plan, and he did not want to lose everything because of a single mistake.
Therefore, Niu Youdao immediately refused, "No!"
Yun Huan said, "Why not?"
Niu Youdao said, "Then you can go and try."
Yun Huan did not know whether to laugh or cry. "I admit that I don't have that ability, but you do. Previously, you could do it every time. Why not this time?"
"This matter cannot be explained in a short time. I will explain when there is a suitable opportunity." Niu Youdao said perfunctorily and looked left and right. "Let's think of another way … If only we had a map, at least it would be easier to make a judgment!"
Unfortunately, there was no such thing. The main reason was that the map drawn in this godforsaken place was useless. Ordinary people could not stay here for long, so it was not worth investing too much manpower. Even if they invested, it would be difficult to draw a complete map. Every time a cultivator came here, the area they could touch was actually limited.
Legend had it that there was a complete map of this place. This place was opened up by Shang Song. The few known secret realms, including the Butterfly Illusion Realm, were left behind by Shang Song after he opened it.
Legend had it that Shang Song had made a complete map of every secret realm, but its whereabouts were long unknown.
Niu Youdao was also very emotional about this. A person's cultivation level had reached the realm of breaking through the void and opening up a passage to another world. Just based on this point, one could imagine how terrifying Shang Song's cultivation level was. It was no wonder that he could suppress all the cultivators in the world.
Currently, for the sects that entered Heaven Capital Secret Realm, as long as they were still alive, the terrain and topography that they had experienced would be passed down. It might not be useful for finding the spiritual seed, but the younger generation of those sects would more or less know a little bit about it.
Niu Youdao also knew a little bit. When he was in the Shangqing Sect, he had seen the description in the "Shang Qing Shi Ye Lu". However, he had almost forgotten it.
It was useless to remember it. There was no name for the mountain and no name for the land. Who knew how far he would be from the place recorded after running around randomly.
However, he still had to pay attention to the direction of the rising and setting of the sun. Otherwise, it would be easy to lose the way back.
After pondering for a while, Niu Youdao raised his finger and pointed forward. "Keep walking forward. They shouldn't be able to gather the spiritual seed as fast as us. We'll rush ahead of them and after we surpass them, we'll go back and forth. No matter how bad our luck is, we should be able to bump into a group."
Yun Ji: "We have almost no idea about the situation around us. We don't know where there are people and we don't know where we should be careful. If we walk like this, it'll be easy for us to be discovered. If we really meet someone who's going to harm you and set up an ambush, we'll be in trouble. "
Niu Youdao spread his hands. "Other than this, what else can we do? I want to find a place to be at ease and return to the ancient forest, but I have no choice. I have to get first place. If I can't get first place, I'll die. What else can I do? "
Wu Zhaoxing: "Now you regret it? Where's the prestige you had in Heaven Valley? The spiritual seed isn't important to you. You could've waited for the exit to open and then think of a way to get out. But you forced yourself into a dead end because of a moment of pleasure, causing us to run around with you. "
Niu Youdao sighed and said, "It's obvious that the people of Zhao Country won't let me go. It's obvious that when I return from the exit, it'll be a disaster of life and death for me. It's even possible that they'll hunt me down the moment I enter the mystic realm. I have a chance to save myself some trouble, so how can I be lenient? But who would've thought that bastard Rulai Sha wouldn't listen to reason at all … Rulai Sha, that grandson, just you wait. I'll deal with him sooner or later! "
Wu Zhaoxing snorted. "You want to deal with him? He put you on the ground with just one sentence, and you still want to deal with him? He's just standing there for you to move. Even if you have a hundred guts, do you dare to touch him? You'd better think about how he'll deal with you later! "
"There's no point in arguing about this. In short, it's all my fault. You guys have worked hard. I'll have to trouble you guys to continue working hard. Wait for me to get out. As long as I can get out of here alive, I won't treat you guys unfairly." Niu Youdao cupped his fists at the trio as an apology and also a request.
There was indeed no other way. The group could only continue to move forward.
There was no sign of human habitation in the surroundings. The sky was always so high, and the ground was never boundless. They were moving forward aimlessly in this primitive and desolate land.
With a sudden loss of purpose, this method of walking became extremely dry and tasteless. Even the people were a little numb. A person's emotions could be influenced by external factors.
Niu Youdao would find his own entertainment. He didn't give up and wanted to look for a mount.
Yun Ji and the other two would stand a little further away to avoid being implicated. They would stand in a row like three expressionless statues with their hands clasped behind their back or crossed their arms. They would numbly look at Niu Youdao like an idiot. It chased after the messy big guys like a c * nt, shouting and threatening them.
When he messed up, everyone would act as if it was a matter of course and continue to move forward.
Along the way, when they were resting to recover their transcendence energy, Wu Zhaoxing and the other two sat down. However, they saw Niu Youdao pulling a tree over and chopping it into a pile.
Lian Huan wasn't willing to do odd jobs anymore, so he could only do it himself.
Wu Zhaoxing rolled his eyes. "You really can't stop. You can always find something boring to do. Can't you stop for a bit?"
However, Niu Youdao lit up a pile of firewood. In a flash, he came over and called out to them. "Don't do it here. Hide further away."
Yun Ji also became impatient with him. "What are you doing now?"
Niu Youdao pointed at the rising pillar of smoke.
The three of them stared at the thick smoke and seemed to understand something.
Niu Youdao explained, "We can't just charge around like this. As long as there's someone within our range of vision, they will come over to take a look when they see the pillar of smoke. Let's hide further away and observe. We'll wait for them!"
The three of them looked at each other and realized that this was indeed a good idea. They listened to him and hid somewhere to observe.
With a purpose in mind, everyone regained some of their vigor.
However, their luck seemed to be a little bad. After the pile of things burned down and the smoke dissipated, they didn't see anyone around them.
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