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Chapter 2522: Chapter 2514: Dongmen (First Update, Seeking Monthly Votes)

Xiaotong True Sage felt a lack of people, and Fishing Sage had a bit of it too, so when Feng Jun brought people in, he casually sold some face.

The difference is, Xiaotong is very aware of this situation. On the surface, he might slightly block True Sages from other forces, but that is to assert dominance. If there’s already a True Sage entering this world, he would definitely not mess around by driving people away.

This has nothing to do with fearing grudges; it’s simply because this world lacks experts.

How dangerous is the Insect World? Fishing Sage was ambushed by insects at the Emergence Stage and was injured!

So Xiaotong stated, "If you want to look around, feel free to explore. Understand more, and the juniors won’t suffer losses in the future."

However, Han Hai True Sage remarked, "We’re really leaving soon; there are matters in Tianqin."

"Well then," Xiaotong naturally wouldn’t persuade them to stay, "When Mountain Master Feng sends you off, make sure he returns soon. He has killed three Emergence Stage opponents, and changes could occur here."

Han Hai True Sage was silent, after a while he said, "He probably won’t have time to come back shortly."

"No time to return?" Xiaotong True Sage frowned slightly, then asked in a deep voice, "Why?"

"You ask him," Han Hai True Sage is really not fond of speaking much.

Xiaotong, however, grew a bit curious. He also wanted to maintain a good relationship with Han Hai, "So you and Wei Sancai are together to help him solve some troubles?"

After thinking for a moment, Han Hai True Sage replied, "His troubles indeed relate to us; it’s not merely assisting."

Upon hearing this response, Xiaotong knew he couldn’t continue asking, so he reached out with his Divine Sense to Feng Jun, "Mountain Master Feng, if you have time, remember to come around more often... changes might occur at the front line."

"I understand this," Feng Jun certainly considered these factors; not having changes would be odd. Although he was extremely reluctant to his transportation’s attributes, in the face of a great enemy, he couldn’t afford to be headstrong, "I must find the assassin over there, so I can only spare time to come over."

Assassin? Xiaotong True Sage pondered for a bit, recalling something, "Is it the one who attacked you a few days ago?"

"Yes," Feng Jun nodded, "There are now some clues, but not enough yet."

Xiaotong True Sage didn’t speak further, as disciples from Yuangang had reported this issue, and Yuangang’s response was they couldn’t spare any manpower, hoping Feng Jun would enter the Insect World, with Yuangang assuring the assassin wouldn’t pursue him there.

Yuangang indeed had their hardships, yet now Feng Jun brought up the old matter again, Xiaotong felt a bit embarrassed and could only remain silent.

Feng Jun didn’t leave immediately either, he calculated and only on the fourth day did he leave with two True Sages.

At this moment, the Xin Mo Plate had already changed quite a bit, especially the Circular Mountain area, where no less than two hundred cultivators were nervously calculating. Among them were True Immortals, obviously temporarily dispatched from a small realm.

Upon their arrival, Luo Yuanwu approached, "We roughly estimated, in the span of three thousand years, around 63 million people could potentially be formation discoverers, suspect-worthy are... over 6 million."

Wei Sancai had no feelings toward this number, but Han Hai True Sage was a bit surprised, "Wasn’t it said that this place is sparsely populated?"

"Six thousand people in three thousand years is really not much," Luo Yuanwu helplessly spread his hands, "Some people occasionally came here, but after leaving, they might contact others in Xin Mo... actually our statistics are not very comprehensive."

Han Hai True Sage thought for a moment, indeed this logic made sense, "In three thousand years, many people have already died, right?"

Luo Yuanwu answered without hesitation, "But if there’s a discovery, they would definitely pass it down to descendants."

Han Hai stopped speaking, while Wei Sancai voiced again, "Only three thousand years of records?"

"Three thousand years ago, it mostly consisted of local natives, hardly any outsiders," Luo Yuanwu responded crisply, "The Luo Family had a patrol office at the time, but records weren’t very detailed, and when the demon disaster struck... most records were lost, and the natives almost all perished."

"Oh my," Feng Jun grimaced, "So many people... how long will it take to screen them all?"

"Not too long," Luo Yuanwu replied lightly, "People who stayed for a short time wouldn’t carry much suspicion."

"Doesn’t this reasoning seem a bit... unreasonable?" Feng Jun couldn’t help but speak up, "With enough good fortune, even a short time can suffice, like the Luo Family, no offense intended, but you’ve stayed long enough at the Xin Mo Plate."

However, Luo Yuanwu didn’t feel offended and formally expressed, "While I can’t completely dispel your doubts, I must say, those who stayed longer might not necessarily discover anything, while those who stayed shorter definitely couldn’t discover anything."

After a pause, he further explained, "First of all, Mountain Master Feng, you need to understand, not all people—in strict terms, hardly anyone can see through the Six Pillar Formation at a glance. They need a process to ponder and study."

Feng Jun paused for a moment, then slowly nodded, "That is true... so, should people who have visited multiple times be particularly suspected?"

"Of course," Luo Yuanwu answered without hesitation, "Further considering these people’s cultivation level must be high enough, or they must have considerable foundation, then... screening won’t take much time, wouldn’t you agree?"

"I hope that’s the case," Feng Jun replied weakly. Although the other party made sense, investigating like this might not really yield results, "So, may I ask, how long will it take?"

"Ten days," Luo Yuanwu answered somewhat dejectedly. "We’ll gather another batch of people here... in fact, the current manpower is sufficient, but we don’t want any to slip through the net."

"Then shall we... take another walk in the Insect World?" Feng Jun glanced at Han Hai True Sage and Wei Sancai.

"Mountain Master Feng," Moran True Immortal waved at him from not far away.

When going to the Insect World before, Feng Jun left Moran, Qing Que, and a True Immortal from the Wei Family behind. Firstly, because the Insect World was quite dangerous, and secondly... someone needed to watch over here as well, it couldn’t just be Luo Family members.

Feng Jun walked over, took a piece of obsidian from Moran True Immortal’s hand, swept it with his Divine Sense, and was instantly stunned, "Dongmen Family... what does this mean?"

"The Dongmen Family might be the creator of the Six Pillar Formation," Qing Que True Immortal replied solemnly. "The knowledge of the Six Pillar Formation I encountered was authored by a predecessor from the Dongmen Family, accidentally obtained by disciples of Taixu."

As for what this "accident" was, Feng Jun couldn’t be bothered to think about it, "Wasn’t the Dongmen Family supposed to be extinct?"

In ancient times, the Dongmen Family was a clan of secret realms, a formidable clan possessing small realms. During the Sect and Clan battles, the Dongmen Family caused quite a stir and became one of the key attack targets of the Sect.

At that time, the Dongmen Family also provoked an unknown mysterious strongman, resulting in several top experts dying in succession, leading to their decline and withdrawal from the top clans.

Later on, the Dongmen Family was exposed for colluding with the Heavenly Demon and was jointly attacked by the Tianqin cultivators, disappearing without a trace in a short time.

"For a top clan, is it really so easy to become extinct?" Qing Que True Immortal smiled indifferently, "As long as the bloodline can’t be traced, changing the surname is all it takes... I once heard that some cultivators with the surname Dong might be originally from Dongmen."

"People with the surname Dong aren’t actually few," Luo Yuanwu also came over, and upon hearing this, couldn’t help but interject, "On Xin Mo Plate there used to be... Whoa?"

He quickly walked to the side, picked up a document, and scanned it, "Before the demon catastrophe, Xin Mo had a small clan with the surname Dong, with less than ten thousand people..."

With a population under ten thousand, it was surely a small clan, though he was doubtful, "Their residence is very far from here."

"Far doesn’t mean they haven’t been here," Qing Que True Immortal rolled his eyes helplessly, "The key is they might recognize the Six Pillar Formation."

Feng Jun showed some interest, "So what about the Dong Family now?"

"During the demon catastrophe, they surely didn’t survive," Moran replied with understatement, "However, there are records showing that previously, many people from the Dong Family went out seeking opportunities, so they’re surely not extinct."

Luo Yuanwu grew more intrigued as he listened, speaking loudly, "Zhuanhe, do we have any news on people with the surname Dong?"

"They don’t dare return conspicuously to worship," Luo Zhuanhe answered in a deep voice, "But... I’ll look into it."

There really was news about people with the surname Dong; after the demon catastrophe, there were still quite a few suspected Dong Family descendants, totaling more than two thousand people—the reason for saying suspected is that Dong Family descendants feared being affected by the demon catastrophe and didn’t dare reveal their identities.

However, not all from the Dong Family were timid; some individuals dared to disclose their names, totaling... more than ten people.

Eighteen hundred years ago, a Nascent Soul from the Dong Family returned, named Dong Wanting.

He dared expose his name because he became an outer court disciple of Golden Crow. Although not in the inner court, he had an identity recognized by Golden Crow, proving he certainly had no suspicion of Demon Cultivation—Seven Upper Sect couldn’t fail to check such matters.

"I’ll go ask at Golden Crow," Feng Jun affirmed, at other places he dared not speak, but Golden Crow was the most familiar among the Seven Upper Sect, from top to bottom, he knew many people there, "The Nascent Soul from eighteen hundred years ago might still be alive now."

"Fallen," a white-haired Nascent Soul from the Luo Family spoke up. If Feng Jun remembered correctly, this should be from the Clan Courtyard, "Fallen around sixteen hundred years ago, during the pursuit task of Golden Crow traitor True Immortal of Great Sun."

"True Immortal of Great Sun," everyone’s faces slightly changed, "How many True Immortals did this guy actually kill?"

True Immortal of Great Sun was also a notable figure in the Tianqin World for the past few millennia. His initial cultivation progress wasn’t particularly fast; he was nearly seven hundred when he formed his Nascent Soul, but after forming it, it was as if he pressed the fast-forward button, reaching Nascent Soul Ninth Layer in just over two hundred years.

Yi Jue took nearly three hundred years from forming the Nascent Soul to reaching Nascent Soul Peak.

For someone with the True Immortal of Great Sun’s seemingly underwhelming template to achieve this, it was truly astonishing.

Remarkably, since he started with Golden Core, his combat strength was exceptional, invincible among peers.

Until one day, Golden Crow issued a cross-sect task: True Immortal of Great Sun defected, and a bounty was offered for capture across the entire Tianqin Plane.

(First update for February, seeking guaranteed monthly votes.)

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