This was an extremely desolate place. Although abundant with spirit energy, it was incredibly bleak.

The entire Guiding Land was covered with wild grass, even crowded with trees. Chu Mo had to clear these weeds to barely see the ancient stone slabs beneath his feet. Mysterious inscriptions, now somewhat blurred, were engraved on the surface of the stones.

Chu Mo was somewhat speechless, thinking, "Although there are many places like Guiding Land in every realm of the Spirit Realm, this one is particularly desolate."

Had the entire Spirit Realm completely abandoned these places?

When he thought about it, it seemed quite possible. After all, for many years, nobody from the Mortal Realm had ascended here.

"Let's go, find a safe place for Foundation Establishment." Chu Mo glanced at the rooster and arbitrarily chose a direction to move forward.

The Spirit Realm was vast, far beyond the comparison with the Mortal Realm. It wasn't easy, either, to find the dwelling place of the Elf Clan in the shortest time. The Elf Clan had been hiding in the Spirit Realm for many years, their depth of roots and resources was not something that ordinary people could imagine.

Moreover, Chu Mo was not fully prepared psychologically to meet Qi Xiaoyu. What should he say when he met her? How should he say it? Would she avoid seeing him?

Chu Mo was not a worrywart, but when it came to his own feelings, it was challenging for him to behave as nonchalantly as he usually did.

Thinking of how Qi Xiaoyu thought he was dead and swore to never enter the Illusion God Realm again in her life, Chu Mo couldn't help but feel guilty. He wondered how she was doing now?

From the day he met her to now, it had already been over six years.

The fourteen-year-old boy from back then had grown into a twenty-year-old youth.

Chu Mo's appearance had not changed much; anyone familiar with him could recognize him at a glance.

The top priority now was to find a safe place and complete the Foundation Establishment.

Only by becoming a real cultivator could he gain a foothold in the Spirit Realm. Otherwise, in the end, he would just be a martial artist.

The man and the rooster quietly left the Guiding Land, creating no ripples. No living beings in the Spirit Realm would imagine, on such an ordinary day, that a young man who once caused a huge stir and shocked Heaven, the Immortals, and the Spirit Realm in the Illusion God Realm had arrived in their world.

About a thousand miles from where Chu Mo and the rooster were, a small team of people was lying on a hillside, attentively watching a road down below.

There was no one on the road.

The afternoon sun was especially warm, the birds chirping intermittently in the forest sounded half-hearted.

There were six people in the team on the hillside, five men and one woman, all of them young. The oldest was in their late twenties, and the youngest was the girl who looked to be around eighteen or nineteen.

At this moment, the girl had the most nervous expression. Her fists were clenched tightly, and her eyes were unblinkingly fixed on the road.

"Little Lu, don't be so nervous. With Brother Liu leading us, there won't be any problems," a young man in his twenties comforted in a low voice seeing the girl's tense face.

A man in his early twenties looked at the oldest of the group and said with a sense of reverence, "Little Lu, Wang Wen is right, you don't need to worry too much. With Brother Liu leading us this time, those people won't stand a chance!"

The girl's nerves seemed to calm a bit and with grateful eyes, she looked at the older man and said softly, "Brother Liu, I'm counting on you!"

The young man had a faintly arrogant smile on his face, "Don't worry. Once I've received your payment, of course, I will help you. Besides... I quite fancy your sister."

The girl's lips twitched, she laughed awkwardly and didn't reply.

A young man in his mid-twenties nearby looked somewhat displeased, "Master Liu, what do you mean by that?"

The surnamed Liu chuckled, his lips curling into a faint smirk, "It's nothing, just a casual remark."

The twenty-something-year-old man seemed to want to say something, his face expressing some resentment but was stopped by a companion. The girl also gave him a fierce glare in secret, and he fell silent.

The young man surnamed Liu noted their reactions but pretended not to see, sneering inwardly. Do you think a bumpkin like you would have a chance with a girl like Fang Lan? Dream on! If I hadn't taken a fancy to Fang Lan, would I even consider the spirit stones you could offer me?

The young man surnamed Liu, Liu Tong, was a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage and had earned quite the reputation within a few hundred miles of Jinxiu City. It was not because of his status as a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage, but because his sect, the Lingyue Sect, was the largest in this region!

Being an inner member of the Lingyue Sect, Liu Tong's status was naturally quite high in this area. This was the main reason why he dared to take on this task and confront the Jin Family. He was confident that even if the Jin Family discovered his identity, they would definitely not dare to harm him!

The Jin Family was but a large family in Jinxiu City. Compared to the behemoth of Lingyue Sect, they were far from comparable!

That was how Liu Tong saw it in his heart. And it seemed that reality reflected this.

The Jin Family indeed couldn't compare to the Lingyue Sect. Still, whether they could compare to him, Liu Tong, was questionable.

The girl named Little Lu, whose full name was Fang Lu, was born into a small family in the Fang Clan Town under Jinxiu City. Her sister, Fang Lan, was only twenty years old, born beautiful, had achieved the peak of innate talent and seemed to be very close to Foundation Establishment.

Because their family didn't have enough financial resources to buy materials for Foundation Establishment, she had to rely on herself. As a result, several months ago, Fang Lan embarked on the journey to search for materials for Foundation Establishment.

Foundation Establishment materials weren't so easy to find. Although Fang Lan searched everywhere, she didn't find any. However, she met Jin Ming, the eighth son of the Jin Family in Jinxiu City. At first sight, Jin Ming was astounded by her beauty.

Jin Ming hadn't joined a sect, but the Jin Family had powerful connections. At the age of twenty-three, he was already a cultivator at the beginning of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

With the power of the Jin Family, he was unscrupulous in Jinxiu City, and no one dared to provoke him.

For such a large family, a small family like the Fangs naturally had no way to resist. Facing the marriage proposal sent by Jin Ming, they were helpless and could only let Fang Lan be taken away.

This seemed like a case of a rich man forcibly taking an ordinary girl, but Jin Ming had done everything correctly – sending matchmakers, dowry … He made everything conform to tradition. To the many people in Fang Clan Town, Fang Lan was marrying into a higher social class — an ordinary girl becoming a phoenix!

An opportunity that they could only wish for.

In fact, even Fang Lan's parents, although somewhat resistant at first, began to lessen their resistance after understanding Jin Family entirely.

What kind of family was Jin Family? If their daughter married into it, even if as a concubine, it would mean marrying upwards!

Moreover, once she was married, Fang family's status in Fang Clan Town would naturally rise. There would be no need for Fang Lan to search for Foundation Establishment materials herself. It was killing two birds with one stone.

But Fang Lan was extremely reluctant, as she already had someone she loved.

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