Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 187: No Prayer Available
Although Yan Hongyu allowed Yue Liang to arrange accommodations for the city guard, this individual clearly understood the rules and did not overstep in the slightest.
All city guards were housed in the lower-level cabins, and no qi refinement stage cultivator dared to stay in the upper-tier rooms.
Liu Yu casually selected a room, took out his insights on spiritual herbs, and sat in a chair to study, preparing himself for the upcoming battle.
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The Return to Origin Boat flew towards Moonlit City’s southern region, traveling for nearly eighteen hours straight.
After a day and a half, the human population along the route gradually thickened, with more and more villages and towns appearing as gathering points for mortals.
The further south they traveled, the more frequent these gathering places became.
Finally, after seeing two villages in succession, the outline of a city appeared before them.
Tianyong City, this city was several times larger than the Cold Moon City Liu Yu had seen before, qualifying it as a "big city" in the secular world.
The city wall stood about fifteen zhang high, and its area was estimated to be five or six times broader than that of Cold Moon City.
Approximately two hundred thousand mortals resided in this city, with more than eighty percent being members of the Huang family, who lacked spiritual roots, while just over one percent were from other surnamed populations.
However, no matter what, Tianyong City was merely a secular city with thin spiritual energy, and the Huang family’s cultivators did not reside within it.
The Huang family’s cultivators lived atop Tianyong Mountain, approximately a hundred miles away from here.
Tianyong Mountain was a genuine spiritual mountain, standing about four to five hundred zhang high, and could barely be called "majestic," being deemed unconquerable by mortals.
It housed a second-tier medium-grade spiritual vein, allowing the Huang family to prosper and gradually develop after occupying this land three hundred years ago.
Since they had already arrived at Tianyong City, it would take roughly half an hour more to reach Tianyong Mountain.
Liu Yu, Yan Hongyu, Li Bùtóng, and other foundation establishment cultivators stood on the deck, gazing at the city in the distance, then communicated with the city guard to prepare for departure, standing on the deck in full readiness.
The Return to Origin Boat silently flew over Tianyong City. Because a simple invisibility spell was activated on the ship, no mortals could detect its presence.
The Yuan Yang Sect did not first deal with the mortals, as doing so would undoubtedly alert the Huang family's cultivators and give them time to prepare.
They planned to eliminate the Huang family’s cultivators before returning to deal with the mortals later.
On the surface, the Huang family had seven foundation establishment cultivators and over three hundred qi refinement stage cultivators.
Subtracting the five foundation establishment cultivators and around two hundred qi refinement cultivators dispatched to Moonlit City for orders, the Huang family still had many cultivators stationed at various properties, meaning not all of them could remain in Tianyong Mountain.
Though a foundation establishment family like the Huang family was insignificant to the Yuan Yang Sect, it was still not a weak force in the cultivation world of Chu State, and naturally, they would have protective formations.
While they could not cover the entire Tianyong Mountain, shielding a small part was not an issue.
If the Huang family activated their protective formations, it would undoubtedly create additional complications for the Yuan Yang Sect, introducing unforeseen variables.
Thus, Yan Hongyu and the other nine foundation establishment cultivators discussed their plans and ultimately decided to propel the Return to Origin Boat straight towards Tianyong Mountain, landing before the Huang family’s cultivators could react and activate their formations, then carry out a massacre from above.