Chapter 156: The Location of the Sect: The Red Spirit Mountain Range

"No. Otherwise, why would they be called Companion Spirit Witches? I recall reading in an ancient book that a certain Jin Wu, even after betraying the entire Witch Clan and becoming a traitor, had her Companion Spirit, Chi Li Tian, never abandon her.

It was willing to die for her.

In the end, they were caught by a certain Witch Ancestor. The fate of that Jin Wu and her Chi Li Tian was to die together.

By the way, that Witch Ancestor fused the Jin Wu and Chi Li Tian together and buried them beneath the earth, which is now the Red Spirit Mountain Range."

Ah-pu!!

Xu Yunrui was dumbfounded upon hearing this.

"Father, if I remember correctly, the Great Spirit Mountain beneath our sect is called the Red Spirit Mountain Range, right?"

"Yes. In this world where Witch Clan members once covered the land, all famous Spirit Mountains and Great Abysses were formed from the corpses of Great Witches or those above them," Xu Yi said.

"Father, couldn't the earth of this world naturally give birth to Great Spirit Mountains and Great Spirit Abysses?" Xu Yunrui asked, confused.

"It could. But ever since the ancient Witch Clan discovered that burying their elders' bones within those Great Spirit Mountains and Great Spirit Abysses not only helped them grow rapidly but also accidentally spawned special resources, they began consciously burying the corpses of their deceased elders within those Great Spirit Mountains and Great Spirit Abysses.

It's just a grave; where does it matter where you bury it?"

Xu Yunrui exclaimed in surprise, "That is quite a unique funeral custom."

"You need not beat around the bush anymore. You're just being stubborn and refusing to admit that Xue Chiluo likes you the least. Hahaha. I never thought you could be so childish."

Xu Yunrui's expression instantly stiffened.

Xu Yi burst into loud laughter.

"Fine, leave it with you. Build a good relationship with it; perhaps when you go on missions in the future, you can borrow it."

"I should be able to borrow it when on missions within the city. If I go outside the city, it probably won't be willing."

Xu Yi nodded in agreement.

"Right now, it is still small and lacks self-defense capabilities. Once it grows up and becomes as powerful as the several Xue Chiluo Ancestors within the sect, it will naturally dare to go outside the city with you."

"Then will the time I need to wait be very long?" Xu Yunrui's face fell.

Xu Yi laughed again.

Just then, someone ran in.

"City Lord, the explosion at Mount Woniu Peak just now completely obliterated half of the main peak. It has been confirmed that Zhang Zhi, the Chief of Nancheng, died in the line of duty. Besides Zhang Zhi, over ten directors and deputy directors of the Intelligence Bureau of the Nancheng Patrol Bureau, along with multiple supervisors and officials of the Nancheng Patrol Bureau, also died in the line of duty."

"Are you trying to say the entire Nancheng Patrol Bureau was wiped out in one go?" Xu Yi asked with a cold snort.

The man stammered.

Xu Yi rolled his eyes in speechless exasperation, then directly used a Thousand-Mile Message Talisman to contact Bao Junyi.

Xu Yi asked immediately, "Who all died?"

Not long after, Bao Junyi replied, "Many died, but there were no mortals and no low-level cultivators. Those fighting here just now were all cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or above. Zhang Zhi, the Chief of the Nancheng Patrol Bureau, is gone. The high-ranking officials of the Nancheng Patrol Bureau have been wiped out in one go.

The Mountain Lord dispatched by the Mount Woniu Sect has defected.

He has taken his subordinates and defected to the Insects."

Seeing the message sent by Bao Junyi, Xu Yi remained expressionless. After all, while the incident at Mount Woniu was unexpected, it was not unreasonable.

"Report to the Internal Supervision Bureau and have them follow the sect's clues to investigate anyone linked to the Mount Woniu Mountain Lord.

As for the other sect personnel at Mount Woniu, Bao Junyi, you investigate them yourself."

"Understood." Bao Junyi replied promptly.

"Before dawn tomorrow, I want to see Mount Woniu restored to normal."

"Understood." Bao Junyi flashed away again.

The two thousand cultivators the Su family left outside the Number One Mother Nest waited until the second half of the night before receiving new orders.

They received notice to enter the Number One Mother Nest early tomorrow morning for final cleanup work; once the cleanup is complete, personnel from the Patrol Bureau will enter to set up a Sinking Array, sinking it completely into the depths of the earth.

The adult cultivators who received this news were very excited.

Everyone began to tally their assets, piling up and squeezing items from several storage bags and storage rings together to avoid having too many things tomorrow that wouldn't fit.

Su Jian and Su Hanlin were also fussing with their equipment, while only Su Jin lay on a bamboo bed taken from Su Jian's storage ring, covered by her small quilt, fast asleep.

Actually, at this hour, most of the children were already asleep.

Some lay sleeping soundly in their parents' arms, while others, like Su Jin, had beds and quilts, sleeping soundly on their own.

Early the next morning, the Su family cultivators began to busy themselves again.

Because there were children, many parents started making breakfast.

Su Jian also cooked porridge.

He also prepared pickled vegetables and meat sauce.

The three of them had a makeshift breakfast.

Soon the Chen hour arrived, and the sunlight spread brightly and gently over everyone's faces.

The sunlight coated everyone's face with a layer of golden fuzz.

Another message arrived: the Patrol Bureau personnel inside were beginning to withdraw. Once they left, the Su family could enter.

Yesterday, several thousand people from the Patrol Bureau squeezed in, but many were subsequently transferred away.

So Su Jian and the others guessed there should still be between eight or nine hundred and one thousand two or three hundred people inside.

But in the end, more than fifteen hundred walked out.

So everyone had misjudged.

"Big Brother, you are actually willing to take me down into the Mother Nest?" Su Jin thought Big Brother would go on a mission and leave her outside, squatting with the other schoolchildren.

Who knew Big Brother would actually be willing to take her down.

"This harvesting mission has no danger; I'll take you down to see it," Su Jian said.

"That's great, let's go together." After saying this, Su Jin instinctively waved her hand toward the ground. A beam of green light was drawn into her sleeve.

Su Jian suddenly understood what it was!!

Su Jin had indeed let the Blood Red Luo roam outside.

He hurriedly sent a voice transmission to ask: "Your mother said you still have a companion Little Wu Tian, didn't she? Why didn't you take the Blood Red Luo back inside?"

Su Jin suddenly realized — her mother had indeed told her big brother about her having a Little Wu Tian. Then again, she would be living together with her big brother, sister-in-law, and their family for several years, so it was impossible to avoid it; even if she didn't tell them, they would have found out eventually.

Besides, her Little Wu Tian had once been very tiny, so her mother wouldn't have paid it much attention.

But her mother didn't know that her Little Wu Tian had grown up.

"The Blood Red Luo says it wants to stay outside, it wants to protect me," Su Jin also used voice transmission.

Su Jian: "..."

Right after, Su Jian sent another voice transmission: "Then keep a tight rein on it, absolutely don't let it be exposed in front of people."

"Got it, big brother." Su Jin nodded in agreement.

Soon it was Su Jian's turn to hold Su Jin, and together with Su Hanlin, they stepped into the great passage connecting the mother nest to the outside world.