Just as the dark blanket covered the Black Swan City, the Nan Brothers came out their basement and headed towards the outside forest.
Leading them was a small yet strong owl, Shadow. Currently, at Grade 3 Realm. Similar to level 2 Innate Qi Realm expert.
When the group went passed the city gate, none of the soldiers saw them.
Silently, the group followed the lead of Shadow.
After many twist and turns, they finally arrived at a deep part of the forest. Just ahead of them was small mountain with a small cave opening. And judging from the tracks and others, they determined that some people must be inside.
"It looks like our feelings are true. The Jin clan must have found a spiritual cave." Nan Lin said. The others nodded.
Without waiting for anything, Shadow casually flew in.
The Nan Brothers tried to stop him but they could not. The Nan Brothers looked at eachother and then they too went inside.
There was no need for them to fear. They were the strongest in the city except for the newly arrived city lord.
In silence, they walked along the small tunnel. And from time to time, they could hear people talking in the distance. Most likely, people from the Jin clan.
"It seems that Shadow hasn't done anything." Nan Yuan murmured.
After some seconds, they finally arrived at the end of the tunnel.
Hiding at the corner of the tunnel, they looked forward.
There, just a few distance away from them, was 2 men guarding an ordinary looking gate. Beyond that was just nothing but fogs. The two men were just at the step of Body Refinement Realm, not yet at the Realm.
"Where is Shadow?" Nan Chen asked in a low voice.
"Maybe, he is already inside that gate?" Nan Hai said.
Seeing that there were no other people except for the two door guards, the Nan Brothers quickly took action.
Since the overall people of the Jin clan were just scumbags, the Nan Brothers didn't feel any sympathy when killing them. Like killing pigs.
After that, they casually disposed the bodies using simple Qi fire.
Then, the Nan Brothers looked at eachother and nodded. Taking a deep breath, they collectively set foot into the unknown.
Siu....
As soon as they stepped into the gate, all of them disappeared into thin air.
Whoosh...
When the Nan Brothers came to their senses, they realized they arrived in a garden full of plants. Plants they have never seen before.
And sitting on a tree just a few steps away from them was Shadow. When it saw them appeared, it scoffed. Like asking them why took so long.
The Nan Brothers didn't even bother to respond to it because the moment they appeared here, they instantly felt the huge change in Qi. Inside the garden, the Qi was more abundant and more pure.
Not only that, just looking at the Plants, they knew all of them must be spiritual herbs.
Seeing all that, the Nan Brothers jumped up in joy.
"Hahaha... finally, the first step of expanding the organization is here." Laughing loudly, Nan Chen yelled put.
After calming down, the Nan Brothers checked the plants. They found out that some plant spots that likely been dug up by Jin clan. And also about 98% of the plants were just too young. And that might also be the reason why the Jin clan didn't took it all away.
Or the Jin clan simply didn't dare to destroy the garden by casually digging it all up.
But whatever it was, the Nan Brothers were delighted to see it.
Finally after all that, Nan Chen took out a simple device that look like like bracelet. It was from Ren Wei. It can determine the grade of any treasures below grade 5.
He passed some Qi to the bracelet for it to start up. As he expected, after he passed some Qi, the bracelet warmed up and soon it absorbed the surrounding Qi.
Just seconds later, a translucent screen popped up.
Displayed on it was the information of the cave.
[Small Spiritual Garden.
Grade: High Mysterious Grade.
Details: Support the growth of spiritual plants upto grade 3/Mysterious Grade. Small effects to cultivators.]
Looking at the information, Nan Chen realized why he felt slight tingling pain when he tried to absorb the surrounding Qi in the garden.
'Maybe the Qi was modified to only support the plants?' He thought to himself.
After checking all the surrounding, the Nan Brothers gathered together to discuss how to make the Jin clan stop from spreading the news of it.
About half an hour later, they came to a decision.
The only to stop the Jin clan from spreading the news was to silence the people who knows about the garden. If it were any other people, they would have to silence all the Jin clan members just to stop the news from spreading. Because identifying the only people who knows about the garden was something impossible.
But that was an easy feed for the Nan Brothers. Simply using their ability was enough to do that.
Later that night, the Nan Brothers thought of just sneaking into the Jin clan residence and silence the people who knows about the garden. But they stopped themselves from doing that.
They needed to wait for Wang Lin's reaction to the ambush incident. Until then, they had to wait in case a risk came up.
The Nan Brothers decided to rest the night in the garden. But before that, they had to send the news to their boss/master.
After feeding some meat to Shadow, Nan Yuan asked it to deliver the news to Ren Wei.
When it comes to his master, Shadow was always ready. Wasting no time, it flew away from the garden in the blink of an eye.
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Not too far away from the White Lake Town, in the heart of the forest near the town. A man was meditating under a tree.
A round bamboo hat on his head. Like a shrouded veil, it was difficult for the surrounding creatures to see his face.
Leaning against the tree was his fishing rod. Unlike the simple clothing he was wearing, his fishing rod was a fascinating kind. Just like the bamboo pot besides him.
It was none other than Ren Wei himself. It had been more than 2 months since he arrived at the forest for breakthrough. But even now, he felt a little bit short.
'It seems like I have to wait for another two months if I want to reach the True Qi Realm.' He thought to himself.
"If it goes on like this, when will I reach the Divine Domain Realm he spoke of." Ren Wei murmured to himself.
Looking at the speed he was currently at, it would take atleast more than 3 years for him to reach that Realm. But he can afford to wait.
He knew that his children will be atleast somewhat save. Because the Immortal who took them away was a powerful. He atleast knew that since he could not fly until now, unlike the Immortal who took them away.
And judging from the way the Immortal reacted to his children, he knew they must have atleast a decent talent. Which makes them a treasure for the cultivation sect.
'Should I start the journey now? No. I can not do that. If I wanders off wildly, I don't know how long would it take me to back on the right track.'
'I should find it early if I set off now, right?'
Lots of thoughts hit his mind.
When Ren Wei came back to his sense, he realized he was too deep into his thought.
"Whew..... it's good that I woke up from it just in time. A little more and I would have fallen into madness." He realized that it was all the doing of heart demon.
A kind of test that appears when a cultivator faces a major breakthrough in his Realm.
Putting all those thoughts away from his clear mind, he closed his eyes and continued meditating.
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Back at his own home, another Ren Wei was receiving some news from Shadow. It was his clone.
Since he was going to spend some time in the woods, he needed to leave a clone in case a neighbor notices his absence. And most importantly, he didn't want Si Fei to worry about him.
Even though he was a cultivator now, in the eyes of his neighbors, he was just another mortal.
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The hazy night passed as the Black Swan City greeted the early sunrise.
When the people of the city walked out of their home, they found a paper.
Most of them were just illiterate. So, they brought it to someone who was literate.
Only then did they realize it was a notice.
On it wrote.
[2nd month, year 990 of Red Lion.
Today, at the main plaza in the middle of the city, the newly appointed city lord will execute some criminals for their crimes of illegal gambling, rape, kidnapping and murdering the civilians of the Black Swan City.
I, the city lord of Black Swan City, here by request the people of the city to witness the scene of these evil people being send to their respective places.
Thank you for your understanding.]