Qu Jianlei asked himself: True Venerable Bai Qiao had personally examined him. Could a dignified Immortal Venerable truly fail to see his origins?
So what if he came from outside? Since arriving in Cangwu, his team had contributed more than the vast majority of locals.
Even the Territory Consciousness welcomed them, which showed that the team's actions in Cangwu had been highly recognized.
This was not mere self-satisfaction. Even the Immortal Venerable had seen nothing inappropriate, so what did he have to worry about? "A Tier 5 Spirit Vein..." True Immortal Shen Miao frowned, then sighed. "That really won't be easy to obtain."
"If Star Palace's Tier 5 Spirit Vein could have been maintained, how could Cangwu have fallen to its present state?"
"Hm?" Qu Jianlei raised a brow. "Care to elaborate? I'm not short on data... I have time!"
This had little to do with whether he was an outsider. Even among local cultivators, how many knew these secrets?
"There's nothing much to say," True Immortal Shen Miao replied, clearly unwilling to elaborate. "When this world was newly opened, Star Palace was the first to rise to Tier 5..."
According to him, once Star Palace had stabilized at Tier 5, Four Sages Mountain would have advanced in turn.
But Star Palace had failed to stabilize, which foretold Cangwu's upper limit. Naturally, there would be no future beyond that.
It sounded a little like a trial run in capital operations! After considering it, Qu Jianlei spoke. "Then why did the Forgotten Peninsula Restricted Area come into being?"
"It only began to be developed around the time the Spirit Vein fell from Tier 5," Stalwart Master Shen Miao said quietly. "There are records of this in Bitter Sea."
He really was blunt by nature, daring to speak of any taboo.
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