Hearing Liu Chuanxi mutter to himself, a Warrior accompanying him could not help turning toward him, a trace of doubt in his voice. "Elder Liu, over these past few months, we've searched everywhere within ten thousand li and investigated countless possible locations, but it's always come to nothing. Could this just be some rural legend the Earth Demons dreamed up themselves?"
What he really meant was that these were merely tales passed among ignorant common folk, growing more distorted with every telling.
Such examples were far from rare. In the countryside, for instance, someone might be rumored to be an Earthbound Immortal, possessing heaven-surging Dharma Power, capable of a thousand changes and ten thousand transformations, with nothing beyond his reach.
In reality, he might merely be a half-trained Human Rank Spirit Tamer who used illusion-type spirit creatures to deceive people's eyes and ears and cloak himself in mystery.
Anyone who knew the truth would dismiss it as absurd nonsense with a laugh, never taking it seriously.
The Earth Demons were an Otherkin race with a certain degree of civilization, and they likewise had no shortage of legends about ageless spirit springs, immortals, and ghosts.
Yet some terrifying netherworld of ghosts they spoke of might merely be a demon nest connected to an underground passage, while the almighty immortals and divine beings they revered might only be ordinary Earth Rank practitioners among the Otherkin Great Shamans.
Different cultivation realms shaped different understandings. Ordinary people could never gain a complete and accurate understanding of the whole world, let alone Heaven and Earth or the universe.
If they had nothing else to do, these Warriors would not have minded spending time and effort searching far and wide. But right now, every able hand was needed. Under Grand Commander Xiao Yuheng, hosts of talented