'So the Tri-Gu Sect is located in a desolate region?'
Zhou Feng looked at the map that he had obtained from Li Rong.
The Tri-Gu Sect's location was labeled as a desolate region on this map.
What region would be labeled as a desolate region?
Normally, only regions that had not been developed would be labeled as desolate.
Heavenly Star City was the city at the Southern Border on this map.
In the eyes of many people, there were only groups of barbarians outside of Heavenly Star City.
In that kind of area, not only were there no inheritances, but they even lived together with the Demons. This was something that many people could not accept.
'The Tri-Gu Sect is situated next to a Demon territory?'
Zhou Feng frowned slightly as he had not expected this.
The Demon territory was next to the Tri-Gu Sect, but why had he not seen any traces of the Demon race back in the Tri-Gu Sect?
Heavenly Star City had never seen any Demons because it was already human territory.
Although the Demons could not step foot there, why were there no Demons in the Tri-Gu Sect's vicinity?
Also, there seemed to be a bit too many people in the Tri-Gu Sect!
Zhou Feng thought about it and recalled how the Tri-Gu Sect treated new disciples.
How many new disciples did they recruit each year?
Even if the Tri-Gu Sect controlled a large area, it was not reasonable to recruit so many people!
'Here's the one-million-dollar question. How did this perverse sect survive for such a long time?'
The more Zhou Feng thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.
'And that Voodoo Cult…'
Zhou Feng kept the map and silently advanced. There were too many things that he did not want to think about. In any case, he had left Heavenly Star City this time to avoid the limelight and find a place to continue cultivating.
He was just returning to the Tri-Gu Sect to take revenge.
Soon, Zhou Feng found a place to rest.
The process of resting was to use the Malevolent Earth Qi Core to temper his body.
Ever since breaking through to the Purple Mansion realm, Zhou Feng hadn't stopped cultivating almost every day.
Nonetheless, his cultivation seemed to have stagnated. Even if he trained diligently every day, the speed at which his cultivation increased was like a crawling tortoise.
It was too slow!
At the current speed, it would probably take more than 10 years to break through to the 2nd Level of the Purple Mansion realm.
And this was the daily routine of most cultivators.
Starting from the Purple Mansion realm, it became harder and harder to break through.
This was because the Purple Mansion realm was a threshold where one could use their soul to comprehend the world. Comprehension was extremely important.
If your comprehension ability was good, the bottleneck would be like paper.
If not, then you could only rely on time and effort, bit by bit.
This also caused the gap in power between the Purple Mansion cultivators to grow larger and larger.
The depth of one's comprehension of the natural laws, the formation of anomalies, and the use of their soul were all important factors that affected a cultivator's strength.
'I have to speed up my cultivation!'
Zhou Feng didn't have much hope for his aptitude and comprehension ability.
He only hoped to find a way to speed up his cultivation.
Perhaps a crazy battle was one way because his strength would slightly increase every time he fought.
Coupled with all kinds of growth-type skills, fighting might be more cost-effective than burying himself in cultivation.
'I wonder when I can draw a new passive skill…'
Thinking of this, Zhou Feng couldn't help but open the skill panel.
He saw that only 1/10 of the progress bar was full.
It was probably impossible to draw a new passive skill in a short period.
'Forget it! Forget it! Then I'll settle down for some time.'
Zhou Feng wasn't too anxious. After all, his cultivation speed could already be considered as riding a rocket.
Not even a year had passed since he started cultivating, yet he had broken through to the Purple Mansion realm.
Such a speed was comparable to someone else's 10 painstaking years of cultivation. This speed was already fast enough.
There was no need for him to pursue an even faster speed. He couldn't break through to the Divine Ability realm immediately.
Thus, Zhou Feng calmed his mind and planned to slowly refine his body.
He felt that there was still room for his body to be refined.
At the Tri-Gu Sect's headquarters…
Ever since the Voodoo Cult's invasion, this place had been reduced to ruins.
Almost everything had been snatched away, and the sect's grand formation had ceased to operate.
The Tri-Gu disciples had either been captured or escaped.
Now, the Tri-Gu higher-ups had re-established their sect on another mountain.
It was also from the moment the Tri-Gu Sect was invaded that this area had begun to descend into chaos.
Many dark forces were surfacing one after the other.
'They're all dead?'
Zhou Feng looked at the village in front of him, the smell of blood and corpses pervading the surroundings.
The village was in ruins, and he could tell with a glance that someone had ripped out a newborn out of a pregnant woman's womb.
There was a small wrinkled hand beside him. It seemed to be a little dazzling in this bloody mess.
How many times had he seen such a scene already?
Zhou Feng's originally relaxed and calm mood began to become solemn.
This was because he had already seen an unknown number of such villages along the way. None of them had the slightest trace of life.
'What has happened?'
Zhou Feng remembered that the villages had many people, and they had been living quite well.
He had not been away for a long time, yet he did not see anyone other than wild beasts along the way.
The vibrant forest was filled with a cold and desolate atmosphere.
The closer Zhou Feng got to the Tri-Gu Sect, the more he felt the malicious intent around him grow stronger.
'Outside of Heavenly Star City is a desolate land!'
He remembered the words on the map. To the east of Heavenly Star City was a desolate land.
He had to be careful when walking in the desolate land because that was a truly dangerous place.
If it wasn't necessary, even Divine Ability cultivators wouldn't be willing to enter this area.
Only those merchants who didn't care about their lives would pass through this area.
At first, when Zhou Feng saw these words, he felt the one who had drawn the map was making a mountain out of a molehill. After all, Zhou Feng had come from this area, and it was not that terrifying.
But now, the silent and solemn atmosphere made him recall those words.
'What exactly happened?'
Zhou Feng frowned as he passed through the forest.
Relying on his passive Nature Affinity, he could hide well.
As for Big Yellow, it was born in the forest, so hiding was already an instinct.
Big Yellow suddenly stopped.
"Awoo!"
Big Yellow sniffed the ground and let out a low growl.
The hair on its back stood up!
"What did you discover?"
Zhou Feng sensed the surroundings but did not find anything amiss.
In such a situation, Big Yellow must have smelled something incredible.
Although Zhou Feng's perception was very strong, it had a range limit.
It wasn't like Big Yellow's sense of smell. As long as there was the faintest hint of odor, Big Yellow would be able to smell it before it completely dissipated.
This was also why Heavenly Star City's cultivators liked Mountain Spirit Hounds.. They had too much space to display their abilities in the wild.