Grand Elder Lin really has been overly attentive lately. I need to be careful.
Still, he's keeping such a close watch that I can't stop cultivating altogether.
Ye Feibai pondered for a moment and decided to slow his cultivation progress. Cultivation depended on individual aptitude and comprehension, after all. Even if his progress was slow, no one could find grounds to blame him; at most, they would think less of his potential.
Ye Feibai did not truly seek Lin Xun's favor, so he did not care how he would be regarded in the future.
Another half month soon passed. Ye Feibai once again visited a stronghold of the Demon Alliance's branch headquarters, wandering around under the pretext of purchasing resources.
Over these past days, he had traveled back and forth between the secret chamber and the market district from time to time, and had more or less figured out the situation here.
This was precisely the "Lin Mountain Branch Headquarters" spoken of in rumors throughout the cultivation world, an internal market district under Lin Xun's authority.
Among the grassroots cultivators, quite a few knew of its existence. They regularly entered a certain Void Rift in Central Province's Lin Mountain, passing through layer upon layer of barriers to reach this place.
But it was like a wondrous hidden realm protected by formations. Besides arriving at the designated time and place, visitors also needed to carry an Access Token issued here before the grand formation would recognize them and guide them inside.
It was through several Earth Rank Experts whom Lin Xun had previously befriended in the Demon Alliance that he had first learned of this place and the existence of Lin Xun's residence.
By now, he had largely confirmed that some righteous-path aristocratic clans also knew of its existence. Yet, like