I Can Recognize Everything, But the Information is Wrong

Old friends meeting again and being treated to a welcoming feast, Zhou Mengjiao had been saying this for quite a while.

But apart from the last time when Tian Lin attended Ju Yunhai's apprenticeship ceremony, he hadn't actually seen Ju Yunhai since. Moreover, during that ceremony, Ju Yunhai was too busy socializing to even have a chance to speak with Tian Lin.

"This is just as well, with Senior Sister Wang also here, we should indeed have a good gathering."

Zhou Mengjiao left the cave mansion to prepare the meal, and within less than an hour, Yu'er had returned.

"Master, Young Master Ju sent a message saying he is occupied with matters on the peak and cannot come over—he also mentioned that early tomorrow he will go by himself to exorcise Evil Spirits and will not be joining us on our way."

Hearing this, Mei Xiangu unhappily slapped the table and said:

"What business does he have that he's too busy to tell us about, and why would he go alone to kill demon beasts? He simply doesn't want to join us and doesn't regard us as friends anymore."

Tian Lin was also puzzled by Ju Yunhai's attitude, but he didn't believe that Ju Yunhai was the type to abandon friends, so he quickly reassured Mei Xiangu:

"Brother Ju must truly have pressing matters that prevent him from meeting us, Sister Mei, there's no need to misunderstand Brother Ju."

But Mei Xiangu still expressed her dissatisfaction, exclaiming, "If that's the case, what's the point of this gathering? If you all want to dine together, go ahead, I'm not going."

Tian Lin looked at Wang Yanyu, who thought it over and said, "Why don't we wait until we run into Brother Ju next time and ask him carefully? I suspect he may have some difficult personal reasons—

As for the gathering, perhaps we should postpone it until next time!"

Both of them decided not to go, leaving Tian Lin alone with no one to dine with.

He said to Yu'er, "Go to the Zhou Family's residence and tell Miss Zhou that the gathering is postponed until next time."

——

Not to discuss Zhou Mengjiao's feelings of her plans falling through, but the next morning, the entire secret realm became busy.

A large number of flying boats soared in the high skies of the secret realm, filled with Cultivators and mortals who had been relocated from the original location of the Wenda Sect outside the secret realm.

Evidently, since the families couldn't resist Zhai Xingzi, they sought benefits within the existing rules.

They wanted to relocate their own mortals and Qi Refiners into the secret realm first, leaving no reason for those unrelated to the Wenda Sect to exploit the advantages.

As a result, a large number of family-born individuals stationed outside the secret realm were the first to enter it. However, this influx of people proved beneficial as there was no longer a shortage of woodcutters and earthworkers.

"It is said that the Star Gate connecting to another world lies to the south, which is why the sect has developed the deepest passage to the south.

We're venturing out to exorcise Evil Spirits, so should we head south or choose another direction?"

Early in the morning, Tian Lin, Mei Xiangu, and others gathered.

Tian Lin held a map in his hand, the latest routes within the secret realm.

This map was drawn by the disciples of the Demon Hunting Bureau over recent months. It marked safe and dangerous routes as identified by the bureau—among these routes, the southern passage extended the deepest, while the other areas remained unexplored blank spaces.

"The advantage of heading south is that we might find the Star Gate sooner. If we locate the Star Gate, everyone can leave this world early. Moreover, finding the Star Gate means we won't have to listen to Zhai Xingzi's nonsense anymore and won't have to stay here working for him.

However, since the southern area has been extensively opened, the Evil Spirits encountered there are sure to be more formidable. Even Nascent Soul experts could face the risk of falling."

After analyzing the pros and cons, Mei Xiangu smiled at Wang Yanyu and Tian Lin, saying, "I don't mind where to go, so the choice is up to the two of you."

Tian Lin didn't want to take risks, so after some thought, he said, "Firstly, Senior Sister Wang has never entered the secret realm, and secondly, the sect's main purpose is to open up more habitable lands for mortals. As such, the western, northern, and eastern peripheral secret realms seem more suitable."

"You're just afraid of dying. Talking about how the west, north, and east are more suitable for habitation? But I don't mind, it's good to be cautious,"

Mei Xiangu indeed didn't care which place they went to for pioneering.

After some idle conversation, they took their map and array flags and set out.

The map was naturally for identifying the directions the sect had already explored. The array flags would be used after eradicating and purifying the Evil Spirits, marking the unclaimed lands with flags.

This served to prevent further occupation by Evil Spirits and also equated to the sect claiming the land by setting the flags.

All three had considerable cultivation, with Yu'er's sisters and Wang Yanyu's sword holder at the Golden Core Realm.

However, Yu'er's sisters and Wang Yanyu's sword holder were only in the early Golden Core stage, their strength falling far behind Tian Lin and the others.

Bringing them along wouldn't be of much help and could easily burden the group.

The three chose to head north, taking a flying boat an hour away from the sect's safe area.

Once outside the safe zone, the three no longer flew through the air.

"This area has already been swept by the sect, but without array flags set to the south where Evil Spirits still occupy, it's best to remain cautious."

After Tian Lin spoke, Mei Xiangu said, "The place ahead should be Zhu Xian Town as marked on the map. Let's go take a look first."

Wang Yanyu said nothing and just followed behind Mei Xiangu and Tian Lin as they led the way.

Indeed, after not traveling far, they saw a dilapidated archway behind the mountain.

The arch had a corner shaved off by Sword Qi, obviously the handiwork of the sect's Demon Hunting Bureau disciples.

Tian Lin stood before the arch, glanced at it a few times, and said, "This wood is original timber, definitely not something that could come from the Netherworld or this land. It can be seen that Zhu Xian Town was likely relocated here from the outside world."

Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu had both witnessed lands relocated from the outside world before, so seeing an external town here wasn't surprising to them.

Wang Yanyu pointed to the incense sticks beneath the arch, "These incense sticks seem to have been left here by the sect's disciples, and since they're intact, it appears there haven't been any Evil Spirits here."

The Peace Incense was quietly inserted into the dirt, looking clean and unbroken.

If Evil Spirits had passed through, the incense sticks would have self-ignited and burned away. Based on this, Wang Yanyu determined that the Evil Spirits here had been eliminated and that none had approached recently.

Indeed, after entering Zhu Xian Town, the three only saw dilapidated houses and no traces of Evil Spirits.

"This place has no Evil Spirits and the town is suitable for habitation, so let's stake it with an array flag and consider it a completed sect mission!"

As Mei Xiangu spoke and was about to set up the array flag, several rays of light flew over from a distance.

The leading person spoke before Mei Xiangu could act, "Junior Sister Mei, this place was developed by the disciples of Guan Yue Peak. It's too much for you to occupy it without asking."

The lights landed, revealing several men and women.

These men and women were all in the late Golden Core stage, with the leading three donned in purple robes, evidently True Disciples. The other two wore attire of the Demon Hunting Bureau, showing they were Outer Disciples of the bureau.

Mei Xiangu frowned and looked at the leading man, saying, "What evidence do you have that this land was developed by the disciples of Guan Yue Peak? Expecting us to relinquish it just based on your words is utterly unrealistic!"