<h4>Chapter 536: I Spy With My Little Eye</h4>


    “I’m afraid I need you to guard a 50 mile radius of this ce for some time.” Youshang ordered before he took his leave. <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">1</button>


    Shang Xia guessed that something like that might happen, but he had to ask, “Senior, is my grandfather cultivating in seclusion here?” <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Youshang shook his head and sighed, “Even though I wish to give you a confirmation, I truly have no idea. All I received was a transmission from Yun Jing to guard the area. She didn’t tell me who I was protecting and I didn’t ask further.” <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Shang Xia could only nod andugh, “From the looks of it, Senior hasn’t been disturbed by anyone during your time here.” <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    “That’s not actually true. Everyone is just very wary of each other. They would leave after probing me slightly. The Snowy Peaks Mountain Range isrge and even though some areas might be better than others, it’s not worth fighting to the death for. The only reason we killed Su Jinyuan wasn’t to steal his territory. It was just that his death would aid in our mission.” Youshang exined.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Shang Xia asked another question, “Senior, if you leave now, are you going to change your name and appearance again? How should the Deputy Patriarchs of the institution and I contact you?” <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Youshang chuckled mysteriously in response. “We’ll y everything by ear. It’s too early to contact each other anytime soon. In the future, I’ll take the initiative to get in touch with all of you if anythinges up. There would be no need for you guys to look for me anyway.” <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    After he spoke, Youshang turned to leave. He didn’t hesitate at all.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Staring at Youshang’s figure that was getting further away at a frightening speed, Shang Xia muttered softly, “Take care!” <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Even though Youshang indicated for Shang Xia to protect a certain region before he left, Shang Xia noticed that the region was close to 50 miles in diameter. The boundary that contained the region he had to defend wasn’t exact, and Shang Xia decided to make a physical trip around the area.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Because of his increase in cultivation, the area his divine perception could cover becamerger proportionally. He could easily examine a 50 mile radius around himself and he didn’t need to run around the mountain every day in order to make his inspections. As such, he could free up a lot of time for cultivation.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Because it was his first time flying about the region to look for any anomalies, he also expanded his divine perception to his limit to try to look for traces of his grandfather.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    He might not know if Shang Boid down countless restrictions to prevent his aura from leaking out, or if he found a truly secret ce to train, but he failed to discover anything.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    To be truly honest, if Shang Xia really wanted to find anyone in the Snowy Peaks Mountain Range, he could do what Youshang did when they first located Su Jinyuan. He just needed to m a Four Seasons Palm into the ground below and disturb the entire region. Anyone in seclusion wouldn’t be able to withstand the fluctuation even if they were protected by severalyers of restrictions.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Of course, there was no reason for Shang Xia to do that.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Not too long after Youshang left, Shang Xia sent a secret transmission from the Tongyou Stronghold.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">1</button>


    In his report, he recorded in detail everything that happened after he met Youshang. He also told Yun Jing that he had taken over the protection of the region. At the same time, he asked if that was where his grandfather was.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    It didn’t take long for him to receive a reply. It was sent personally by Yun Jing, and after opening it, Shang Xia saw that she was ordering him to do whatever Youshang said. She also reminded him to not forget about his cultivation during his time there. However, she didn’t send any cultivation resources or anything.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    There was also news about the Manyu Continent in her reply. Ever since Ren Bainian brought them news of the mysterious third party, the Tongyou Stronghold changed their approach. They started to interact with the natives with the help of Ren Bainian, a local Martial Extermination Realm expert! Because of that, the Tongyou Institution managed to gain an initial understanding of the situation.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    No matter how long the report he received of the situation on the Manyu Continent, he could summarize it in one word, ‘Chaotic’.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    After the Manyu Continent’s assault on the Tongyou Institution, the thin bnce that existed on the Manyu Continent waspletely shattered.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The experts of the Manyu Continent shed with the various foreign factions and experts were dying left and right. However, the various foreign factions were like the Tongyou Institution and only sent Martial Extermination Realm experts over. As such, the ones who were at a disadvantage were the aboriginals of the Manyu Continent! They were the ones who suffered the greatest loss.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    With doomsday hanging over their heads like a de ready to descend at any moment, rumors were spreading like wildfire. The low-leveled aboriginals of the Manyu Continent developed a hatred for foreign powers like never before.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The locals who had already submitted to the foreign powers were also part of those who reacted to the rumors. Betrayal, suspicion, testing, revolts, crazed retaliations… Those were what happened on a daily basis. Before the Manyu Continent faced destruction, it was as though doomsday had already arrived.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Behind the veil of chaos, the situation seemed to be a lot more confusing than they had thought.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Yun Jing could only vaguely put her conjecture in words and Shang Xia couldn''t gain any insights from what she said. He could only use them to update himself on the current situation.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    In her reply, she also told Shang Xia to report everything that happened in the region under his charge from time to time. She would also inform Shang Xia of the changes in the Manyu Continent when he was there.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    After reading her reply several times over and not obtaining any other information, Shang Xia tossed it to the side and no longer bothered with it.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    He was nning to use Youshang’s cave as a ce for cultivation but after inspecting the area, he discovered a better ce to cultivate.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Heading towards a tall mountain peak in the distance, Shang Xia could tell that the density of heaven and earth qi wasn’t exactly much greater than the other spots. It was also located near the border region of the Snowy Peaks Mountain Range and the extermination qi he could gather was rtively thin. Those were obviously not the reasons Shang Xia found the ce a good ce to train. Instead, the vegetation and climate that spanned from the base to the top of the mountain seemed to resemble the changes in the seasons.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    It was a ce he had found unintentionally when making his way around the region and he immediately thought of the Yuxi Peak back in the battlefield between the two worlds when he saw it.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button> n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The Yuxi Peak might be taller than a lot of mountains out there, but it was far fromparable to the one he had chosen.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The changes in the seasons on the Yuxi Peak could be attributed to the presence of the Four Seasons Extermination Origins it held, but the mountain Shang Xia chose was different. It truly experienced the difference in seasons due to its sheer size. Because of the elevation of the mountain, different parts experienced different climates.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    When Shang Xia arrived at the peak of the mountain, he extended his divine perception to cover the entire structure. Next, he sent his extermination origins to the respective areas that suited them and he felt himself bing one with the mountain the next instant.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Circting his Four Seasons Samsara Art, he felt as though he was experiencing the changes in seasons at the same time. The way he refined his extermination origins, absorbed heaven and earth qi, and swallowed world origin was as though he was the mountain itself.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    In other words, his speed of cultivation would far surpass what he could do ordinarily.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Even in such an environment where there was thin heaven and earth qi and world origin, Shang Xia felt that it was theoretically possible to increase his cultivation speed to four times its original level.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Of course, that was only in theory. Reality was a bitch and there was no way Shang Xia could increase his cultivation speed to the maximum.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Even so, Shang Xia could tell that he would be growing a lot stronger in the near future.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    …<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">1</button>


    Scanning the surrounding dozens of miles with his divine sense, Shang Xia finally received another transmission from Yun Jing after several days.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    This time, she sent him 2 different pieces of important news. The first stated that the Manyu Continent was experiencing an epidemic, causing massive amounts of death in the general mortal poption. From the looks of it, the epidemic was also spreading extremely quickly.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The other was the situation of the Manyu Continent after the huge unrest among the cultivators. A huge portion of aboriginal cultivators came into contact with the Azure Origin World and Azure Spiritual World as they wanted to seek refuge after the Manyu Continent was destroyed.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    None of them could do a thing about the first piece of information. There was no need to mention Shang Xia as even the strength of the Tongyou Stronghold wouldn’t be able to assist the Manyu Continent in stopping a major pandemic that had already spread across a huge portion of the continent. <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The second matter didn’t actually affect the Tongyou Stronghold much either.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The reason was simple. Because of the joint assault on the Tongyou Stronghold, more than 10 Martial Extermination Realm experts of the Manyu Continent were killed. The aboriginals held a massive grudge against the institution and not many would try to seek refuge with them.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Also, the Tongyou Stronghold was established in a secluded part of the continent. The aboriginals were no fools. They managed to obtain information about the Tongyou Institution through various means and discovered that the Tongyou Institution was considered a weak faction among everyone who came. As such, they weren’t willing to throw in their lot with the Tongyou Institution of the You Continent!<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Of course, the Tongyou Institution’s strict attitude when it came to interacting with the local powers was also a huge factor in why they didn’t ept a lot of people. Even with Ren Bainian’s n who had sessfully submitted to the institution, Yun Jing and Liu Qinn didn’t go around promoting the Tongyou Institution to every power out there. They even ensured that Ren Bainian acted cautiously when engaging with his fellow local cultivators so that he wouldn’t divulge too much information about the Tongyou Stronghold.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Shang Xia agreed with their approach entirely. <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Regardless if it was the You Continent, the Tongyou City, or the Tongyou Institution, they were truly too damn small. Their umtions were also too shallow. It wasn’t possible for them to ept so many experts anyway. <button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    After understanding the recent happenings in the Manyu Continent, Shang Xia went to the top of the mountain he was currently on and whipped his Auspicious Cloud Cape behind him. It turned into a massive cloud that shrouded the top of the mountain.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    Shang Xia returned to his cultivation as he became one with the mountain again as the different seasons experienced on different parts of the mountain became even more obvious.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>


    The longer Shang Xia cultivated on the mountain, the further the cloud from the Auspicious Cloud Cape spread. Eventually, half the mountain was covered in dense clouds.<button ss="MuiButtonBase-root MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways ww-nw4feq" tabindex="0" type="button">0</button>