The Far Western Lands were not considered part of Heavenly South's cultivation world. More precisely, the cultivation sects and families of Heavenly South looked down on that "backwater" known as the Far Western Lands.
Yet the Thousand Bamboo Sect's sect-defending cultivation art, the Great Development Art, had now become one of the cultivation arts practiced by Core Formation cultivators of the Moon-Covering Sect and all seven sects of the Yue Kingdom.
Techniques and secret arts capable of strengthening spiritual sense were scarce even throughout the entire Heavenly South cultivation world. In this regard, the Great Development Art ranked among the top three, perhaps even first—especially the Great Development Art improved by Fang Yu.
Even in the entire Human Realm, it was one of a kind, because Fang Yu's improved Great Development Art
combined the Eclosion Sect's Origin Spirit Art, Ancient Martial Great Strength Divine Ability, Five Emperors' Great Devil Divine Ability, and the portions of other divine abilities related to spiritual power.
Though somewhat rudimentary, it greatly enhanced the Great Development Art's effect of increasing spiritual sense. However, this improved Great Development Art
was not something just anyone could cultivate. Only those connected to Fang Yu were qualified to cultivate it.
The Moon-Covering Sect's Grand Elder naturally belonged to that group. Although she had cultivated only the second layer, the strength of her spiritual sense was already no weaker than that of a late-Nascent Soul great cultivator. Thus, when the Yin Luo Sect cultivators issued their challenge,
she deliberately took an extra look at Gu Shuangpu of the Spirit-Controlling Sect from the Heavenly Luo Kingdom.
Naturally, she then realized that Gu Shuangpu was the liaison the Mulan People had placed within the Spirit-Controlling Sect.
However, she did not expose him immediately, instead preparing to watch and adapt to the situation,