After traveling for more than ten days, the majestic Jade Emperor City came into view clearly among the rolling mountains.
The town of Yuning is already vaguely visible.
Inexplicably, the spirit that had been tense for more than ten days could not help but relax a little.
This distance range can still ensure a certain degree of safety.
After taking a few steps forward, he seemed to be within the sound-transmitting distance of the telegraph notes, and the telegraph notes in his arms began to vibrate one after another.
He took it out casually, and a dozen sound transmissions came into his ears one after another.
The first few transmissions were all trivial matters.
Although Xu Yuan had moved to Yuning Town, out of caution, Chu Mu still kept him a stranger to him.
Now, he lives in a small town and has quit working in the spiritual field. He relies on the spiritual stone pills he gave him to practice in the small town with peace of mind.
It can also be regarded as his eyes and ears in the town. After all, he lives in the town, often practices in seclusion, or wanders around the black market, and pays very little attention to the outside world.
A few messages and some trivial matters also gave him a clear understanding of the situation in Tianyu Imperial City and the small town.
But the next few transmissions made Chu Mu's expression, which had just been relaxed a little, become a little more solemn.
"Law enforcement team, counting household registration lists?"
Chu Mu frowned. According to Xu Yuan, the Jade Emperor City Law Enforcement Team recently appeared in the town and was conducting door-to-door counting and registration.
Chu Mu was a little hesitant. Registration in the world of immortality is not simply about stating your name.
Just like renting a house in the city, you can directly register the soul aura.
With his fake identity, if it hadn't been for bribery and normal procedures, he wouldn't have been able to rent a house.
Right now, Yuning Town is suddenly like this...
Thinking of the chaos outside, Chu Mu seemed to understand a little.
With such chaos, it is normal for the Changsheng Sect to regulate several small towns outside the city.
The previous free-range management had many loopholes.
He kills people and sells goods outside, but he is a good citizen of the Changsheng Sect in the town. This kind of thing is very clear when he compares it with himself.
After thinking for a moment, Chu Mu didn't take it too seriously.
After all, how did he get over the Changsheng Sect's management and rent a house in Yuning Town in the first place?
It's just local snakes and second-rate dealers who passed through Yuning Town.
And where did these second-level dealers get the energy to cross the Jade Emperor City and the Changsheng Sect?
Just like the surrounding black markets, the gray order in the town, and Wang Mazi who was caught in pigtails...
The ultimate benefit still lies with the Changsheng Sect, but it is not with the Changsheng Sect as a whole, but with the individuals and groups within the Changsheng Sect.
The final result of this kind of thing will only be loud thunder and light rain.
In this aspect, the world of cultivating immortals is no different from the secular world.
When they arrived at Yuning Town, as expected, many disciples of the Changsheng Sect appeared on the streets. Their pure white robes were undoubtedly very conspicuous in this dilapidated town.
The superiority derived from the disciples of the sect can also be clearly sensed.
Glancing at these Changsheng Sect disciples, Chu Mu pursed his lips. Inexplicably, Chu Mu couldn't help but recall the jungle-like chaos outside the city.
Family and clan.
In the world of Dachu Immortal Cultivation, there are two systems that are indistinguishable from each other, but they have extremely weird contradictions.
Just like...the two systems of centralization and enfeoffment.
The Changsheng Sect wants to centralize power, and the many families that rely on the Changsheng Sect are obviously not willing to give up their interests.
Therein lies the contradiction.
If he was honest, he really didn't think highly of the Changsheng Sect.
Even at present, the power of the Changsheng Sect seems to be suppressing various families.
Just like the Zhou Dynasty when it was powerful in the previous life, it suppressed the princes and no one dared to disobey.
But there is a very clear reality, that is, immortal cultivators are also human beings!
The wealthy couple is in the Dharma Land, and the Taoist couple comes second.
Although it is difficult for immortal cultivators to reproduce, compared with their long lifespan, offspring are bound to be indispensable.
With descendants, a bloodline family line will slowly form.
Eventually, it will become what is called a family.
Just like a Jindan Master, whose lifespan is hundreds of years longer. If he gives birth to offspring when he is young, how many descendants can he produce by the end of his lifespan?
It will inevitably be a huge number, there will also be a huge demand for resources, and there will be a huge profit orientation!
And the resources required by a real Jindan must also be huge.
To have a family force that completely obeys his orders, and this family force will serve him wholeheartedly...
Who would say no?
Who can sacrifice their own interests for the sake of the sect?
Even if there are, how many such people are there?
There are countless such beings that have built up the huge whole of the Changsheng Sect, but now, the Changsheng Sect wants to weaken and suppress this huge foundation.
Even if we win this time, so what?
The immortal cultivators who now follow the Changsheng Sect to suppress their families will slowly evolve into large and small families as time goes by.
At most, it will only last a few hundred years, and it will be another reincarnation.
Even so, Chu Mu still had some inexplicable admiration for the leader of the Changsheng Sect.
Most immortal cultivators put profit first. It is really rare for a strong Nascent Soul person to be able to do so for the benefit of the sect no matter what the reasons are.
Of course, this is only limited to moral admiration, and nothing else.
After all, even if the Changsheng Sect succeeds, it has no interest in him.
It's hard to say that the turmoil caused by this will also cause damage to him.
As his thoughts flowed, a sudden throbbing suddenly made the heavy thoughts completely dissipate in an instant.
Chu Mu's pupils shrank, sensing the early warning from the divine soul sword, and his originally relaxed state of mind became extremely tense.
He... is now in Yuning Town!
Why peep?
Chu Mu's expression remained unchanged and he still walked slowly.
His eyes were observing the surroundings seemingly casually.
The sound transmission in his arms was already moving with his spiritual consciousness, and the sound transmission was also issued silently.
After a while, the door of a house not far away opened, and Xu Yuan led Wangcai out. The two passed each other like strangers.
Prosperous wealth is also very common with human nature, and the excitement of the past is gone. One person and one dog, there are no obstacles along the way, and in just a moment, they have left Yuning Town.
"so……"
Chu Mu pursed his lips, and the bad premonition in his heart became stronger.
He was already cautious.
And the early warning from the Divine Soul Knife made this caution a little more safe.
If someone was targeting him, he wouldn't have discovered it just now.
Therefore, it was not that someone was targeting him directly, but they found him indirectly through other means.
And Xu Yuan's successful exit from the town just now proves that it is not Chu Mu who is being targeted, nor is it the temporary identity that changes every time he leaves the city and Yuning town.
It was Li Gang who lived in the city before, or Xu Tao who now lives in Yuning Town.
And the only loophole between these two identities...
"Wang Mazi..."
A series of speculations flashed rapidly, and finally, they settled on this name.
At this moment, Chu Mu's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
The problem with these two identities is that they are directly related to Yangmai Dan and his identity as an alchemist...
Did Wang Mazi betray him? Or was Wang Mazi arrested?
The possibility of Wang Mazi betraying him was obviously not high.
If he really wanted to betray him, he wouldn't have been wanted by the Changsheng Sect, nor would he have abandoned the connections he had managed for decades and fled the Jade Emperor Valley.
The most important reason why he did not change his identity in the first place was also due to this.
After all, if Wang Mazi, an old man, abandoned everything and ran away, he must have disappeared, and the possibility of being caught was too low.
Moreover, based on the recent situation, it is obvious that other families will not help the Changsheng Sect arrest people.
So... is this foolproof thing really lost?
Wang Mazi was arrested?
Although this fact seems a bit unbelievable, at the moment, it seems that this is the only possibility.
Chu Mu observed casually.
What he needs to determine most now is who is targeting him.
Only by determining who is targeting him can we determine... what the other party's intention is.
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(End of chapter)
