Speculation
"Where in this surrounding region is there any pure land left? Even the few of us can hardly find a place to hide."
Lin Fang gave a helpless smile and briefly explained the specific reasons. Lu Xiaotian's brows knit slightly as he listened, but he quickly understood and expressed his comprehension of the turmoil now appearing in the surrounding area.
There had been no shortage of True Immortals searching for the Desire-Dream Strange Stone in the Illusory Mist Marsh during that period. Although some had perished, quite a few had still survived. The forces that had discovered the immortal crystal veins were naturally not limited to one faction. However, at the time, all the True Immortals had primarily been focused on competing for the Desire-Dream Strange Stone. Compared with the immortal crystal veins, the stone's usefulness to an individual was even greater.
By comparison, the Cloudglow Immortal Sect had been among the quickest to react. Contacting allies and reaching agreements, then mobilizing forces to enter the Illusory Mist Marsh—each was a massive undertaking. Far too many complicated matters were involved in between.
At present, it was not only the Cloudglow Immortal Sect; the other immortal sects had also begun recruiting rogue immortals in large numbers, even cultivators at the Tribulation Transcendence, Mahayana, and Body Integration realms. After all, mining immortal crystal veins could not be handled entirely by their own sect disciples. They needed a large number of miners.
There were only so many passages in the void where immortals could move about. Three or five immortal sects and schools were not enough to seal them all off. But when nearly every immortal sect in the vicinity began doing the same thing, even with map scrolls covering part of the region, Lin Fang and Lama Banhui could not escape