"As expected, it attracted the attention of Spirit Transformation Profound Lord?!"
Within the Great Chu territory, near the other end of the Vast Blue Fertile Lands, the boundary of this region almost extends beyond the territory of this cultivation dynasty that occupies half of the Vast Blue Fertile Lands.
Chen Shuangbai has been extremely cautious these days, yet he has still almost been detected by the vast Divine Sense of those Nascent Profound Lord Spirit Transformation time and again. Fortunately, their status is not as high as the Dao Fruit in his sea of consciousness.
This is what allowed Chen Shuangbai to escape danger time and time again.
Spirit Transformation cultivator, above the Nascent Soul Mystic Profound Lord level, is an absolute deterrent force.
Their Divine Sense has been transformed; in the blink of an eye, they can perceive thousands of miles, and no disturbance can escape their notice.
This is why Chen Shuangbai only sought to defeat Marquis Xuanling quickly.
After seizing the compass, he immediately sent it into Haoming Boy's body to suppress it, because he had already sensed a terrifying gaze coming from afar.
After that, it indeed attracted the attention of the Spirit Transformation Profound Lord!
To avoid giving himself away, Chen Shuangbai changed his appearance again, and instead of traveling alone, he hid in a caravan heading to the Great Chu territory, posing as one of the distinguished guests.
At this moment, the procession was quite large, consisting of twelve carriages, all loaded with various low-grade spiritual materials and goods from the Sea of Ten Thousand Spirits. The entire procession was escorted by a dozen Qi Refining cultivators and three Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Each carriage carried a banner embroidered with the words " Golden Scale Trading Company," which fluttered in the wind.
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Chen Shuangbai immediately understood the origins of these people.
The caravan was led by an elderly man in the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, named Zhou Yuan. He was a smooth and worldly man who came from a Foundation Establishment cultivation Lineage. This Lineage had been operating in the Great Chu territory for many years and had managed their relationships with the checkpoints along the way quite well.
This trip was to several small countries bordering the Great Chu to sell the goods on the cart, earning the price difference to support his branch of the family and to contribute Spirit Stone to the clan.
Chen Shuangbai's current identity is that of Lin Zhou, a Rogue Cultivator at the Early Golden Core Stage realm, who has taken over as the pillar of this caravan and was invited by Zhou Yuan to serve.
He was resting with his eyes closed in the largest and most luxurious of the carriages.
Suddenly.
The carriage gradually came to a stop. A person strolled over and cautiously knocked twice on the window. A voice with a hint of obsequiousness came from outside the window:
" True Person Lin, after crossing a few more mountains we'll Dingyang Pass. We'll need your help then."
As a cultivation dynasty, the Great Chu was extremely domineering in its actions, with the dynasty as the supreme authority and immortal sects and demonic sects as secondary. Even the sects within its borders were required to pay tribute to the court regularly and in fixed amounts every year.
Therefore, cultivators with cultivation who are used to living freely outside generally avoid entering the territory of the Great Chu if they can avoid it.
However, given the domineering nature of the Great Chu, it was impossible for it to be without enemies.
On the border of the Great Chu, several small countries, backed by immortal sects, demonic sects, or unorthodox sects, secretly supported these small countries and caused trouble on the border between the two countries, both openly and secretly. Among them, the most troublesome were the Cloud Kingdom, the Wind Kingdom, the Gold Kingdom, and the Spirit Kingdom.
And the sects behind these small countries!
Beyond Dingyang Pass lies the Wind Kingdom.
Recently, the Wind Kingdom, along with the Cloud Kingdom and Gold Kingdom, have been causing trouble on the border, making border control of the Great Chu Kingdom stricter again. This control is extremely unfriendly to traveling caravans.
That's why Zhou Yuan hired Lin Zhou, a Rogue Cultivator Golden Core cultivator, at a high price, hoping he could protect his caravan.
Chen Shuangbai slowly opened her eyes, her gaze passing through the curtain of the carriage window to the faint outline of the pass in the distance.
He pondered for a moment, then mimicked Lin Zhou's tone and said calmly, "Don't worry, Manager Zhou. Now that we've accepted your Spirit Stone, we'll naturally ensure your safe passage."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him repeatedly, offered a few more words of flattery, and then withdrew.
Chen Shuangbai closed her eyes again, her mind racing with thoughts.
"According to Lin Zhou, Dingyang Pass is the largest pass connecting the Great Chu Dynasty to the Wind Kingdom. Now that war is about to break out on the border again, the defenses are already tight, and they are probably even tighter now... Hopefully, no Spirit Transformation Profound Lord are here."
As long as the Spirit Transformation Profound Lord is not present, no one can see through Chen Shuangbai's illusion.
But even with this thought, he still felt something was amiss.
Before long, a golden-white light silently pierced through his sleeve, landing in the forests on both sides of the trade route, and transformed into a gray-white peregrine falcon.
The peregrine falcon's sharp eyes darted around, then it glanced down at its attire and chuckled, "Never mind, business comes first!"
Feiguang used his master's illusion magic to conceal his Divine Ability and aura, transforming into a peregrine falcon and soaring through the mountains.
Before long, he flew neither high nor far, his pair of Glazed Glass demonic eyes reflecting the distant pass that straddled two majestic mountains.
Through the Divine Sense connection between Chen Shuangbai and Feiguang, Chen Shuangbai also gazed at the majestic pass called Dingyang from afar.
Even he couldn't help but sigh.
Indeed, this is a cultivation dynasty situated in such a land of outstanding people and abundant resources. This pass alone... far surpasses all the passes and capitals that Chen Shuangbai has seen in the Celebrated Splendor Continent.
Not only was the scale far beyond expectations, but there was also a small spirit cannon every few feet on the wall, its muzzle gleaming with a cold, eerie light, clearly indicating that it had been meticulously prepared.
On the city wall, squads of Qi Refining cultivators, each led by a Foundation Establishment cultivator, would take to the air from time to time to change shifts. There were also small flying boats carrying the aura of Golden Core cultivators. The cultivators patrolled the air with eyes as sharp as lightning, both to intimidate the Wind Kingdom and to intimidate passing merchants or cultivators.
Chen Shuangbai sighed inwardly:
"The defensive strength of this one pass alone already surpasses the accumulated resources of many small and medium-sized sects in the Celebrated Splendor Continent over several generations."
The ancestral temple is located in the Eastern Radiance Continent, which is indeed a land of outstanding people and abundant resources, with a vast territory, making it a sacred place for cultivation!
However, Chen Shuangbai sent Feiguang to conceal his aura and fly into the sky not only to observe this majestic pass, but also to find out in advance how many Nascent Soul Cultivator were stationed here!
"One... two... three... four... wow! A total of five Nascent Soul True Lord are stationed in Guanzhong!"
With the help of Feiguang's eyes, Chen Shuangbai carefully discerned the five powerful auras unique to Nascent Soul within the pass, and was startled.
You need to know.
In the Celebrated Splendor Continent, only top-tier Immortal Dao Nascent Soul like Arrayed Mystery Sect and Heavenly Star Mystic Sect possess such a number of Nascent Soul cultivators, and now it's merely a pass.
But at that moment, Feiguang's pair of Glazed Glass demonic eyes flashed with colorful light, allowing Chen Shuangbai to see more clearly—
It was also evident that at least three of these five individuals were at the Nascent Soul Early Stage.
Moreover, the cultivation level and aura of these three individuals... clearly carried a slight sense of instability, unlike the stable cultivation level of orthodox cultivators who rely on their own gradual practice and refinement to eventually advance to the Nascent Soul.
"Is it some kind of elixir or Secret Method?"
Before Chen Shuangbai and Marquis Xuanling made their move, Chen Shuangbai glanced at the three members of the Divine Martial Bureau from afar and indeed sensed something amiss about them.
I didn't think much of it at the time, but now that I've encountered it again at Dingyang Pass... this makes me want to investigate further.
"My lord."
Feiguang's voice brought Chen Shuangbai back from her reverie. Feiguang said in a strange tone, "It seems I've been discovered."
call out!
A pale blue light flew from Dingyang Pass and arrived in an instant, killing the peregrine falcon that was looking down at the dense forest below as if it were about to catch its prey. The falcon was reduced to ashes.
Immediately afterwards, two Great Chu, clad in armor, arrived in a flying boat. They carefully burned the mountain with true fire for a while before departing.
[PS: There will be a later update! Please give good reviews! Please give gifts! Please urge me to update! The car was parked for too long, the battery died, I had to call someone to fix it, and then the mechanical key disappeared. I tragically spent an entire afternoon getting it fixed! It was both expensive and time-consuming, please forgive me!]