Chen Feng Emerges from Seclusion! Final Preparations for the Nascent Soul Realm

Outer Sea, Jade Island.

Like True Lord Kongyou, Xiao Ling had returned to the Outer Sea from the Inner Sea.

At the moment, he was studying formations in his place of seclusion. In the war between the Expansion Divine Sect and Moon-Gazing City, every battle involved a great many cultivators.

So Xiao Ling had spent this time researching large-scale formations. Only large-scale formations could make a difference on the battlefield.

Over the past five years, Xiao Ling had also supplied Moon-Gazing City with many formations. Moon-Gazing City had not treated him poorly, giving him many lost texts on the art of formations.

Just then, Xiao Jingchuan walked in from outside. "Father."

Xiao Ling did not stop what he was doing. Instead, he asked, "How is the recruitment going?"

Xiao Jingchuan replied, "The Outer Sea has lost many cultivators over the past five years, so recruitment has been slow. We're contacting some cultivators who are in seclusion now."

Over those five years, about eighty percent of the Outer Sea's cultivators had gone to the Inner Sea to fight. Very few had yet to go.

Those people were either reclusive cultivators in seclusion or had cultivation realms so low that going would mean throwing their lives away.

"Father, four forces still haven't sent anyone to the Inner Sea. Should we send someone to visit them?" Xiao Jingchuan asked.

Xiao Ling looked up at Xiao Jingchuan. "Which four?"

"The Glazed Glass Sect, the Sword Inquiry Sect, the Luo Clan, and the Xingfeng Sect."

Hearing those names, Xiao Ling shook his head. "There's no need to recruit those four. They've already formed an alliance with the Xingfeng Sect. If the Xingfeng Sect takes no action, they won't send anyone."

Xiao Ling had long known about the alliance formed by the Xingfeng Sect.

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