Although the Jade Snail Star System lay in a remote location and powerful cultivators rarely visited, that did not mean there were absolutely none.
Back when the Nine Provinces had only been a Low-tier Realm, the Heaven's Mystery Disk had concealed its existence. Thus, even if powerful cultivators happened to pass by, they would not have discovered the Nine Provinces unless they observed it from close range.
Once the Nine Provinces advanced into a Large Realm, the Heaven's Mystery Disk's concealment lost its effect. It was only a matter of time before some powerful cultivator discovered the Nine Provinces. Over the years, Lu Ye had been desperately improving his cultivation precisely because the Nine Provinces as a whole was too weak. If disaster truly struck, they would be utterly powerless to resist without sufficient strength.
Lu Ye had long been mentally prepared for the Nine Provinces to be discovered by certain powerful cultivators. He simply had not expected it to happen so soon.
According to the information Little Nine had sent him, this Sunlight cultivator had arrived in the Nine Provinces not long ago. He had come without a sound and had kept himself hidden all along. No one in the entire Nine Provinces—not even those on Square Inch Mountain—had noticed the slightest thing. Only Little Nine, who constantly monitored every development in the Nine Provinces, had discovered him immediately.
Something was clearly off!
If he had merely been a passing Sunlight cultivator, there was no need for such excessive caution, let alone deliberately concealing himself. Every sign indicated that this Sunlight cultivator seemed to have some hidden agenda!
Because of his concealment, Square Inch Mountain had not noticed his arrival at all. After all, an entire realm lay between them. Unless the Sunlight cultivators of the Little People Race