Published: March 3, 2025
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The events occurring in Spiritual Martial City seemed not to have reached Changnan City yet.
On the snow-white ground, the dilapidated ancient city appeared vague and distorted, still operating according to its original inertia.
However, even in such harsh conditions, the slaves still had to face the biting cold to go out and work.
“Crack!”
“Ah~!”
The sound of the long whip lashing against flesh occasionally pierced the quiet snowy landscape, accompanied by either loud or faint cries of agony from the slaves.
Even when exhausted, even facing the severe cold, they were compelled to complete their tasks.
Otherwise, the surrounding bloodthirsty jaws could devour them at any moment.
In this heavy snowfall, who knows how many slaves would not survive, quietly dying in the harsh winter, their deaths utterly meaningless.
That vibrant shade of green might forever remain only in their memories.
Spiritual consciousness quietly spread over, and what Liu Yu saw was exactly this scene.
Looking at the slaves in distress, he showed no expression on his face, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
“Fortunately, the news hasn’t spread here yet.”
“Otherwise, once this city goes on lockdown, who knows if there will be shape-shifting demonic cultivators stationed, making it much harder to infiltrate.”
Watching this scene silently, Liu Yu felt his heart lighten.
Once was an experience, twice was familiarity.
He replicated his method, once again evading the inspection of the overseers and demonic beasts, quietly taking the place of a foundation establishment cultivator, and then infiltrated Changnan City.
“Puff!”
“Struggling” under the heavy load of ores, Liu Yu left footprints in the snow, effortlessly blending into the city.
In the icy world, near several large construction sites, crowds of mortals or cultivators still surrounded the area.
Day and night, they forged various tools for the Fire Sparrow Clan, enhancing their overall strength.
In the sky, low-level Fire Sparrows circled, their red feathers exuding a gentle aura, completely unaffected by the extreme cold.
Looking at the tens of thousands of humans in the city, their demonic eyes were filled with hunger, but due to the rules set by high-level demonic cultivators, they could not enjoy a proper meal.
However, as soon as a mortal or cultivator was deemed “worthless,” they would immediately swoop down to devour them.
Upon entering the city, Liu Yu once again saw the familiar scene, showing no signs of abnormality, continuing to play his role.
Until the day’s tasks were completed, he took advantage of a short period of rest after returning to the foundation establishment cultivator’s residence before he began to act.
“Creak!”
The wooden door opened and closed, making an extremely faint sound, yet no figure appeared.
The sound only carried a foot away before it mysteriously vanished, unnoticed by any demonic beasts or overseers.
“Good.”
Seeing that the Fire Sparrow Clan had eyes and ears spread throughout, almost every five steps there was a watch, and every ten steps a sentry, Liu Yu nodded slightly, feeling quite satisfied.
By combining spells and techniques like “wall of spiritual consciousness,” “concealment technique,” and “invisibility technique,” although it was still difficult to hide from fourth-stage beings, deceiving beings of the third stage and below was quite easy.
Unless, of course, they encountered a special circumstance.
“There are indeed formation masters among the human cultivators living in the demonic race’s ruled areas.”
“If there are formations set up in Changnan City, it would not be easy for me to blend in.”
“However, after all is said and done, even with various means of restriction, demonic cultivators still find it hard to fully trust cultivators and maintain sufficient vigilance.”
“They fear that formations cannot be used to their advantage and may backfire.”
“And among the demonic race, there cannot be a lack of demonic cultivators skilled in formations, but due to the constraints of their race, such practitioners are definitely very rare.”