Everyone settled down on the northern grasslands.
It was the same old routine: take people in, develop the economy, recruit more people.
And keep repeating the cycle.
Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
After three years, they had another five thousand people.
After all, this place was barren and could not support too many people.
They could only feed them by relying on some modern farming techniques.
Herding alone would not do. They also had to farm, forge iron, and so on.
One day.
Newbie Male could no longer hold himself back.
He said, "Why don't we send people to the capital and take a look?"
"At the very least, we should learn what that emperor is capable of."
Wenren Sheng smiled. "That would work too."
"But first, we need to figure out how to avoid his eyes and ears."
Experienced One nodded. "Yes. It seems like he can see us."
"That's right. He should possess some ability to deduce the Heavenly Secret and project his consciousness to observe from afar."
"It seems he can see us anywhere within his territory," Newbie Female said as well.
"In that case, we'll alter our aura and appearance, disguising ourselves as grassland merchants," Wenren Sheng said.
Then Wenren Sheng summoned Little Illusion, this Golden Finger of his. She was a master of Illusion Arts.
Naturally, he disguised it as his own skill and directly transformed all four of them at once.
The unusual aura around them then vanished.
They turned into ordinary grassland nomads.
"With this, we should be able to conceal the aura of outsiders like us."
"We could have used an ability like this much earlier," Newbie Male blurted out reflexively.
Newbie Female kicked him.
He immediately came to his senses. "Sorry, Teacher. You must have had your