Everything in the Azure Cloud Sect remained as it had been.
On Spirit Plant Peak, one of the Four Outer Peaks, hundreds of outer sect disciples toiled tirelessly in the spirit fields. Occasionally, a few servant disciples could be seen hurrying back and forth along the mountain paths with water buckets on their shoulders.
High in the sky, Lin Mo used the Turtle Breath Art to conceal his aura, remaining undetected by the outer sect disciples.
After silently observing for a while, he sighed softly, his heart unwittingly growing heavy.
Their numbers were dwindling!
Although the Tai Sui Gate had now lowered its banners and stilled its drums, Spirit Plant Peak had yet to recover from the slaughter Gou Fengying had inflicted upon its disciples with the man-eating blood vine during Cloud Crane High Person's Tribulation Transcendence.
After that incident, the Azure Cloud Sect had worked hard to recruit newcomers, but everyone with the aptitude for cultivation in the nearby villages below the mountain had already joined the sect.
As for the more distant mountain villages, the Tai Sui Gate had long since ravaged them, leaving nine homes out of ten empty.
As a result, every cultivation sect in the White Jade Domain was in dire straits. With no new crop of lower-ranking disciples to replace the old, and losses among the Inner Sect's elite proving difficult to replenish, they were gradually sliding into decline.
"There seems to be something wrong with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, too..."
Sensing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy drifting through the air, Lin Mo frowned slightly.
This was his fifth year since joining the Azure Cloud Sect. At first, his perception of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had been indistinct. Only after entering the qi refining stage had he truly set