Then, Chu Mo didn't have time to pay attention to Fang Lan. Taking advantage of Zhu Hong's blood still being fresh, he began forming hand seals.

Thus, to Fang Lan's astonishment, she witnessed the blood on the ground eerily and slowly flowing towards Jin Ming's coffin. Like red serpents with lives of their own, it permeated directly into it!

If Fang Lan couldn't understand at this time that her master had profound reasons for burying Jin Ming here, then all her cultivation would have been in vain. Yet she still did not understand the true purpose of her master's actions, but Fang Lan believed that her master would never do anything to harm Jin Ming.

Sweat soon started trickling down from Chu Mo's forehead and temples, and his face gradually showed a strained expression.

Fang Lan stood to one side, watching nervously without daring to disturb. She could feel that what her master was doing now was extremely important and not so easy to accomplish even for her master.

Half an hour later, Chu Mo finally finished everything and he looked somewhat exhausted. He let out a long breath and began to run his heart method to recover.

Afterwards, Chu Mo took Jin Ming's coffin and found a spot that, in Fang Lan's view, seemed completely inconspicuous. He dug an enormous, incredibly deep hole and buried the coffin right there.

In the end, after the deep hole was filled up, he immediately set to work, arranging an array over the area.

When Chu Mo took a few steps back with Fang Lan, she was surprised to find that the place looked exactly the same as before!

"How… how is this possible?" Fang Lan asked in shock, looking at Chu Mo.

She had clearly seen her master bury Jin Ming right here, so how could all traces disappear in the blink of an eye?

Chu Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's just a blinding spell."

Having said that, Chu Mo didn't explain any further and left the place directly with Fang Lan.

Along the way, Fang Lan hesitated several times, wanting to ask her master what exactly was going on. Why bury Jin Ming in such a remote place, and why use the blood of that villain for a blood sacrifice?

She detested Zhu Hong deeply in her heart but didn't want Zhu Hong's filthy blood to contaminate Jin Ming's coffin. So her heart was filled with questions.

However, from the beginning to the end, Chu Mo never offered any explanation.

In the end, Fang Lan could only suppress the doubts in her heart and followed Chu Mo back to Jinxiu City.

After returning to the city, Chu Mo assigned some tasks to everyone and then entered into seclusion.

Jinxiu City quickly fell into calm as Chu Mo went into seclusion.

The Three Great Families and the various smaller families were all vigorously striving to recover their primordial energy, each obtaining some elixirs bestowed by the City Lord.

Once used, they were amazed to discover the miraculous effects of these elixirs, and their respect and admiration for City Lord Lu surged once more.

Miao Yi Niang and others, after a short period of rest, also entered into seclusion. They needed to quickly break through to the Golden Elixir Realm.

In this world, to take control of one's destiny, one must at least advance their cultivation level to Golden Elixir. To dominate a region, one must raise their level to Primordial Infant!

The sisters Lu Tianyue and Lu Tianqi also received some elixirs from Chu Mo, but Lu Tianyue temporarily left Jinxiu City. After so much time, she had to return to her sect no matter what.

Although when the Lu Family faced crisis, Lingdong Mountain remained indifferent and showed no reaction. Lu Tianyue had been very upset at the time. But after reflecting, she realized that Lingdong Mountain indeed had no obligation to get involved in the affair.

After all, the Lu Family was not a vassal of Lingdong Mountain, and it was understandable that they did not want to get involved in a conflict with the Lingyue Sect once they knew Lu Tianyue was almost out of danger.

In the end, it was still her own sect, and Lu Tianyue felt it necessary to make a final visit. Now that the crisis of the Lingyue Sect had been resolved, she also wanted to return and ask her master for permission to leave the sect.

Late stage Golden Elixir Realm Lu Tianyue was ready to graduate!

Although she could understand her sect's decision during the past crisis, it did not mean she was not disappointed. Moreover, Jinxiu City had begun to establish its own system. In Lu Tianyue's opinion, staying in Jinxiu City was better than staying at Lingdong Mountain.

Therefore, she was prepared to bid farewell to her master on this return trip!

Lu Tianqi stayed with the Lu Family, diligently cultivating and managing the family's affairs. Although with Chu Mo there, it was unlikely that there would be any internal backlash against her. However, there was still much for her to learn.

Fang Lan also began her solitary cultivation, joking with Miao Yi Niang and the others about who would reach the Golden Elixir Realm first.

It seemed that all of Jinxiu City had suddenly become quiet, but anyone could feel a strong sense of vitality emanating within.

Even the ordinary people in the city could clearly sense this.

Time passed slowly, half a year went by.

Everything became quieter and quieter.

At the City Lord's Mansion, only Xiao Wanjun and Li Fangzhong would occasionally come out from their seclusion to check on things, and if there was nothing amiss, they would continue with their preparations for secluded cultivation.

Both elders were only a half step away from Spirit Refining... and from their beings, one could even faintly sense an ethereal, almost celestial aura.

...…

At this moment, in a desolate primitive jungle, Ouyang Guangda led a large group of cultivators as they surrounded a few panic-stricken cultivators.

"Who... who are you?" A middle-aged cultivator furrowed his brow as he looked at the sudden appearance of a large crowd, filled with apprehension.

"Quit the nonsense, I'm here to inquire about someone." A cultivator at the early stage of Primordial Infant looked at the middle-aged man with disdain, his gaze sweeping over the others without lingering.

They were just the lowest level of adventurers, not enough to pique the interest of the cultivators from the powerful Ouyang Family. Had it not been for the search, they wouldn't have bothered to give these people a second glance.

"We'll tell you everything we know, as long as we know it," the middle-aged cultivator nodded, slightly relieved. As long as it wasn't killing and looting—this was what their kind of adventure group feared most when outside.

"Mm, have you heard of someone called Chu Mo?" the cultivator asked casually. In truth, he didn't hold out much hope since they had encountered many such adventure groups over the past six months, invariably none of whom had heard of him.

They had now travelled far from Qingfeng City's sphere of influence and, according to the map, were approaching another city in the region—Jinxiu City!

At present, they had no news of the other group searching for Chu Mo. The two groups did not stay connected. Here, everyone was a confidant of Ouyang Guangda. The other group wouldn't share any valuable information with them, and the feeling was mutual.

The middle-aged cultivator was none other than Liu Hai, who had previously left the Lingyue Sect in a huff!

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