Longevity starts with learning

After more than ten days of wandering, the towering Jade Emperor City in the mountains has clearly come into view.

The town of Yuning is vaguely visible.

Inexplicably, the spirit that has been tense for more than ten days can't help but relax a little.

This distance range can still guarantee a certain degree of safety.

After walking a few steps forward, it seems that it has reached the sound transmission distance of the sound transmission talisman, and the sound transmission talisman in my arms is also vibrating continuously.

He took it out casually, and heard more than ten sound transmissions in succession.

The first few sound transmissions were all trivial matters.

Although Xu Yuan has moved to Yuning Town, Chu Mu still let him remain unfamiliar with him out of caution.

Now he lives in the town and has quit the job of the spiritual field. Relying on the spiritual stones and elixirs he gave, he practices in the town with peace of mind.

He is also his eyes and ears in the town. After all, he lives in the town and often practices in seclusion, or wanders around in the black market outside. There is still very little attention from the outside.

A few voice transmissions and some trivial matters also gave him a clear understanding of the situation in Yuhuang City and the town in the past few days.

But the next few voice transmissions made Chu Mu's expression, which had just relaxed a little, become a little more serious.

"Law enforcement team, counting the household registration list?"

Chu Mu frowned. According to Xu Yuan, the law enforcement team of Yuhuang City appeared in the town recently and was counting and registering from house to house.

Chu Mu hesitated a little. Registration in the world of immortal cultivation is not just reporting a name.

Just like renting a house in the market, it is directly registered by the spirit and soul.

If he hadn't bribed a little with his fake identity, he wouldn't have been able to rent a house under normal procedures.

Now this Yuning Town is suddenly like this...

Thinking of the chaos outside, Chu Mu seemed to understand a little.

With such a chaotic situation, it is normal for Changsheng Sect to rectify several towns outside the city.

The previous free-range management had many loopholes.

Killing and robbing outside, being a good citizen of Changsheng Sect in the town, this kind of thing, compared to himself, is very clear.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Mu didn't take it too seriously.

After all, how did he rent a house in Yuning Town without the management of Changsheng Sect?

It was through the local snakes in Yuning Town, some middlemen.

And where did these middlemen get the power to bypass Yuhuang City and Changsheng Sect?

Just like the surrounding black market, the gray order in the town, and Wang Mazi who was caught by the braid...

The ultimate benefit is still in Changsheng Sect, but not the Changsheng Sect as a whole, but in the individuals and groups in Changsheng Sect.

The final result of this kind of thing will only be thunder and rain.

In this regard, the world of immortal cultivation is no different from the secular world.

As expected, many Changsheng Sect disciples appeared on the streets of Yuning Town. Their white robes were undoubtedly very conspicuous in this dilapidated town.

The superiority of the sect disciples was also clearly felt.

Chu Mu pursed his lips after glancing at these Changsheng Sect disciples. Inexplicably, Chu Mu couldn't help but recall the jungle-like chaos outside the market.

Family and sect.

In this great Chu Xiuxian world, the two systems that are inseparable have a very strange contradiction.

Just like... the two systems of centralization and enfeoffment.

Changsheng Sect wants to centralize power, and the many families that rely on Changsheng Sect are obviously not willing to give up their interests.

The contradiction lies here.

If he is honest, he really doesn't think highly of Changsheng Sect.

Even at present, the power of Changsheng Sect seems to overwhelm each family.

It's like the Zhou Dynasty in its heyday in the previous life, suppressing the princes and no one dared to disobey.

But there is a very clear reality, that is, cultivators are also human beings!

Wealth, companions, Dharma, and land, and Taoist companions come second.

Although it is difficult for cultivators to reproduce, compared with the long life span, offspring are inevitable.

With offspring, bloodlines will slowly form.

In the end, it will become the so-called family.

Just like a Jindan Zhenren, who has a life span of hundreds of years, if he gives birth to offspring when he is young, how many offspring can he reproduce by the end of his life?

It must be a huge number, and there must be a huge demand for resources and a huge interest orientation!

And the resources required by a Jindan Zhenren must be huge.

There is a family force that completely obeys his orders, and this family force will serve him wholeheartedly...

Who would refuse?

Who can sacrifice their own interests for the sect?

Even if there are, how many such people can there be?

There are countless such existences that have built the huge whole of Changsheng Sect, and now Changsheng Sect has to weaken and suppress this huge foundation.

Even if they win this time, what can they do?

The immortal cultivators who followed the Changsheng Sect to suppress the family will gradually evolve into large and small families over time.

At most, it will be a few hundred years, just another reincarnation.

Although this is the case, Chu Mu still has some inexplicable admiration for the leader of the Changsheng Sect.

Most immortal cultivators are profit-oriented. It is rare for a Yuanying strongman to do so for the benefit of the sect no matter what the reason is.

Of course, this is only limited to moral admiration. As for other things, there is nothing.

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 narrowed slightly, 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 of them passed each other like strangers.

Prosperous wealth is also very human, 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.

This was the most important reason why he didn't change his identity in the first place.

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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