Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 81: The Current Situation of Loose Cultivators
Yanjiao Mountain is located directly south of Cold Moon City, merely fifty miles away from Huangshan Bazaar.
This mountain isn't particularly high, only about three hundred zhang, but due to two protruding platforms at its peak, it resembles ram horns from a distance, hence the name Yanjiao Mountain.
There is a faint spiritual vein on Yanjiao Mountain, which, compared to the one on Little Eyebrow Mountain, is far inferior. The spiritual energy on this mountain is only slightly more concentrated than that in the mundane world.
However, for many down-and-out loose cultivators, this is still extremely precious, and over time, a group of loose cultivators has gathered here, either alone or in groups of three to five, setting up huts to cultivate together.
Although there are quite a few loose cultivators on Yanjiao Mountain, most of them are at a low cultivation level, and no significant force like a "Fellow Cultivators Association" has formed.
These loose cultivator groups, large or small, remain vigilant towards each other, like a pile of scattered sand, posing no threat to the surrounding cultivation families or large organizations.
This place is a mix of fish and dragons; aside from their fellow cultivators, these loose cultivators are extremely wary of other cultivators, and they keep their identities and backgrounds deeply concealed, rarely revealing anything.
They fear offending other cultivators, which could implicate their mundane families and relatives.
After informing Hou Yanze and Gongsun Cang about the situation with the cultivators of the Heavenly Harmony Sect, Liu Yu and the others flew on their swords, using divine sense sound transmission to discuss the information regarding Yanjiao Mountain.
Liu Yu, controlling the Golden Dragon Sword with escape light, displayed a pensive expression.
Yanjiao Mountain is a place where various types of cultivators converge, and the Heavenly Harmony Sect's choice of this location as a hiding spot is indeed very suitable, likely aided by the guidance of the Feng Family cultivators.
The group traveled tirelessly on their escape light, landing a mile away from Yanjiao Mountain just as dawn broke. They spent a quarter-hour recovering their magical power used for travel.
At this time, the red sun had fully risen above the horizon, casting its glow across the land and mountains, with wisps of mist lingering in the valleys.
Facing the sunlight, Liu Yu and the group of seventeen ignored the faint mist and began to leap through the forests towards Yanjiao Mountain.
As they were already close to Yanjiao Mountain and to conserve their magical power, the group decided to use the wind control technique to travel.
This mountain is not owned by any individual or faction, so it is unmanaged, with various plants growing wildly and chaotically.
There are no wide paths leading up the mountain; only a few winding trails extend upward.
Liu Yu, empowered by the wind control secret technique, traversed two to three zhang with each step, climbing along the narrow path.
Amidst the forest, small beasts occasionally caught sight of the group of cultivators radiating with killing intent and quickly darted into the bushes, disappearing without a trace.
As they reached the halfway point up the mountain, they often spotted small grass huts and wooden houses, built from local materials.
In front of these wooden houses, there would be one to four people practicing breathing techniques, refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Liu Yu's group did not intentionally suppress their footsteps; upon hearing the sounds, the loose cultivators opened their eyes in alarm and looked towards the source of the noise.
"Who is it...!"
Some loose cultivators showed anger, clearly tough characters among their ranks, considered "experts" in the loose cultivator category.
Naturally, their meditation was disrupted, leading to a very poor mood, and they opened their mouths to start "greeting."
However, upon realizing the number of newcomers and sensing the faint killing intent from them, these loose cultivators quickly halted their words.