Longzheng Emperor was enraged!
The great lineages and nobles of the Capital all began sweeping out the Heavenly Born Cult and Paradise Cult. Yet countless clashes broke out between them during the purge, making the Capital even more chaotic.
Just as the Capital's major forces began their thunderous purge of the two Evil Cults, Chen Mu had already quietly left Xuanguo Estate, left the Capital, and headed north.
This was the first time Chen Mu had truly left the Capital.
The Chen Mu in his memories had never left the Capital, because the area outside the city was far more dangerous than within it. There were vengeful ghosts and evil spirits that claimed lives, as well as demons and monsters that devoured people.
For an ordinary person hoping to travel far away to another great city distant from the Capital, saying it was like traveling west to retrieve the scriptures would be an exaggeration, but saying every step was fraught with danger was not exaggerated in the slightest.
One had to be at least a Seventh Rank Martial Artist to possess even a little power to protect oneself outside the city.
And if one wanted to occupy a mountain or a cave outside the city and establish a small force, one had to be at least a Sixth Rank Martial Artist to qualify.
Chen Mu had entered the Seventh Rank of the Martial Dao just yesterday. More importantly, he had reached the realm of a Fifth Rank Sorcerer, which gave him sufficient qualifications to leave the Capital and venture beyond the city.
Far from the Capital and heading north, after crossing a vast plain, one came upon a towering forest of mountains. However, this mountain forest was small, consisting of merely six or seven peaks.
It was also only mildly