Flourishing Growth

The cultivators whose cave abodes lay near Crimson Flame Peak all heard those outrageously arrogant words, and every one of them was filled with righteous indignation.

Many cultivators stepped out of their cave abodes, hoping to witness their ancestor slaughtering enemies in all directions.

Then, they were disappointed.

The curses above Crimson Flame Peak continued for a while before gradually subsiding, but the scene everyone had anticipated never appeared. The skies above Crimson Flame Peak remained utterly silent.

Many cultivators had seen Ji An cast Nascent Soul level Farming Spells, and they imagined that a battle between Nascent Soul cultivators should be a scene so tumultuous it would boil the heavens and overturn the earth.

The cultivators of the Beast Taming Hall branch gathered together, and someone said softly:

"Could it be that the ancestor is in seclusion, cultivating bitterly, and simply did not hear the enemy's taunts?"

He did not believe their ancestor was cowardly or afraid of battle. He felt there had to be some hidden reason.

"Very likely," the branch hall master said with certainty, though his heart was filled with bitterness.

As the branch hall master, he had access to somewhat more information. He knew their ancestor had risen from being a Spirit Farmer and possessed profound attainments in cultivation techniques, yet he seemed to have no battle record worth displaying.

A Nascent Soul level Spirit Farmer would be a sect's greatest source of confidence in times of peaceful development, and its finest logistical guarantee during war, but they alone could not confront enemies head-on.

Xiaguang Ridge, where the Enforcement Hall was located, lay thirty miles southwest of Crimson Flame Peak.

Given Crimson Flame Peak's special status, the sect had established an Enforcement Hall branch here long ago.

Liu Yu stood atop the mountain peak, his