The team's way of operating within the Empire had little to do with hostility. It had simply been a choice forced upon them.
At the time, Qu Jianlei had possessed far too many resources and pieces of knowledge that the Empire desperately needed.
Much of it, once leaked, would have driven the entire Empire mad.
That was why the team had needed to keep its distance from the Empire then. Otherwise, they would have been courting their own destruction.
But now, only by actively integrating into the Cultivation World could they learn more and climb to greater heights.
As for the team's own little secrets, they were no longer such a big deal. They only needed to conceal their origins as much as possible.
Just as, after discovering that the Tree Race was not particularly sensitive, they had dared to decisively deploy Wind Forgotten in battle.
From another perspective, the Cultivation World followed the Mystic-Side path and was relatively more tolerant of unusual phenomena.
That was precisely why, although some Cultivators involved in building the Small Town had other thoughts, stopping them in time had been enough.
However, after several days of construction, more Cultivators proposed building large numbers of facilities such as Underground Caves.
In a Cultivator's defensive system, Underground Caves were also a vital part, and the Small Town's design had taken that into consideration.
But some builders felt that it was not enough. Besides Underground Caves, they believed Underground Passages should be built as well to facilitate evacuations.
They said that when the Tiger-Men had invaded before, Dongsheng had used precisely this sort of defensive measure.
The request itself was not unexpected, but once these Underground Passages were excavated, they would be difficult to control.
The teammates' divine senses were indeed wandering about everywhere, but properly supervising