After dealing with all the Spirit Plants in the Defective Secret Realm, Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with the utmost reluctance.
The next day, he left the sect, transformed into a streak of flowing light, found a deserted stretch of wilderness where he altered his appearance, and entered Sword Gate Town.
"There seem to be many more outside cultivators in Sword Gate Town."
Lu Xuan keenly noticed that the atmosphere in town was completely different from usual.
"They're probably those small sects and minor factions, or Rogue Cultivators who have sensed the undercurrents surging through the Cultivation World and run here, hoping to shelter under the wings of the nearby Heaven Sword Sect."
He thought to himself.
"Unfortunately, the Extraterritorial Demons are simply too powerful. Even a sect as strong as ours has no choice but to avoid the storm, and may even have to migrate to another realm."
Lu Xuan shook his head slightly and arrived outside the Netherworld Courtyard.
With the protection of the Fifth Grade Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation, he saw no blind cultivators coveting the things inside the small courtyard.
His Spiritual Sense swept over the surrounding area, then he quietly opened the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation and flashed into the small courtyard in an instant.
"It wasn't easy to create a Netherworld Courtyard like this. What a pity."
Lu Xuan sighed. With so many strange and evil Spirit Plants, and only under year upon year of flesh, blood, and yin souls, had such a gloomy courtyard steeped in Yin Qi finally taken shape.
Once those strange and evil Spirit Plants were transplanted away, it would probably not take long for it to fall back into an ordinary courtyard.
Time was pressing, and he had no room for lamenting the passing spring