Cultivating Disciples to Breakthrough

Entering the small city that only had the presence of a single expert in the Soul Ascension Realm watching over it, Xuan Hao soon found himself silently following the old man as he slipped into the river unnoticed by the Soul Ascension Realm Expert in the city. Not taking long before both of them arrived at the rather desolate riverbed that only had a few small fish passing by every now and then.

The only thing standing out from the rather boring environment of the riverbed was a broken stone pillar that stood out like a sore thumb… And looking closer at the broken stone pillar, Xuan Hao discovered that it was the top of some kind of large structure that had been buried beneath the loose soil of the riverbed.

Even without having to see the old man enter the buried structure, it was rather obvious that the seal that last seal he was searching for was somewhere inside the large structure or at the very least connected to it in some way-

"Hm? What is this thing doing here?"

Bang!

For this reason, it was quite shocking to suddenly see the old man causally knocking the stone pillar aside before continuing forward without giving the now fully broken stone pillar and the large structure that had been partly revealed by the earlier attack a second glance.

"…"

Deciding that it might be for the best to not come to his own conclusions regarding the location of the last seal, Xuan Hao looked away from the massive structure that had been buried in the loose soil of the riverbed and instead decided to silently continue following the old man. Not intending to stray away from the old man in case he ended up accidentally losing him in the river.

After all, even though his divine sense could easily cover a massive area, the water in the river was dangerous and using his divine sense without a care might end up with him accidentally awakening one of the powerful demon beasts that were sleeping in the river. Not only endangering himself, but also the old man who was the only person he knew about with knowledge about the location of the last seal he needed to complete the quest from the system…

"Ah! Here it is."

It was only a few minutes after walking around on the riverbed that the old man suddenly came to a stop on an empty spot that was no different from the rest of the riverbed before he began taking out a strange artifact that looked like an oversized apple made out of metal.

What in the-

Whoosh~

Not even having time to understand who came up with such a strange looking artifact, the apple artifact flew out and merged together with the sand and gravel covered riverbed before a hole began to open up beneath the old man-

Rumble!

Directly causing the water to rush into the opening. Swish-!

"Yes! I will be back shortly with the information, as for a place to stay… You can use the mansion in the middle of the city where I stay during your time here!" Nodding his head without daring to say anything else, the Soul Ascension Realm city lord directly offered his own abode as a way to please the Earth Immortal Realm Expert before he rapidly turned around and escaped back inside the city to find the information that had been requested.

Inside, the Soul Ascension Realm city lord was just hoping that things would blow over quickly and the East Sea Army would leave without causing any problems for him. After all, with his current strength, he had no way to resist a terrifying entity like the East Sea Army.

Swoosh-!

"…"

Watching as the city lord disappeared back inside the city at a speed that made one think he was escaping from some kind of terrifying demon beast, the general of the east sea army could not help smiling a bit wryly as he shook his head.

As weak as the East Sea Army might be back in the capital city, it still held quite a significant level of influence outside the core of the Blue Sea Empire, something that was brilliantly demonstrated by the city lord who had already disappeared inside the city.

"At least we won't have to worry about anything while we stay here." Muttering this to himself as he looked at the dust kicked up by the city lord as he had run away, the general turned back to command his subordinates to move into the city-

Rumble-!

However, just at this moment, a violent tremor hit the small city, causing everything to start shaking as a few smaller buildings collapsed.

"What is happening!?"

"An earthquake!?"

"No, I think someone might be fighting nearby!"

"Don't tell me- Another illusory beast!?"

As the weaker soldiers began panicking at the prospect of having to face another illusory beast in their current state, the general and the other Earth Immortal Realm Experts of the Blue Sea Army instantly realized that the origin of the tremor didn't come from an illusory beast.

Instead, they all noticed that it came from the river next to the city… And knowing just how dangerous the river was as it was a hotspot for demon beasts from the endless ocean to hibernate in, they all prepared themselves in case one of these demon beasts had woken up. After all, the weakest of these demon beasts hibernating had reached the Earth Immortal Realm, while the stronger ones were rumored to have surpassed the Earth Immortal Realm and reached the Celestial Immortal Realm!

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However, as time passed without any demon beasts appearing, the general and the rest calmed down before deciding to go over and investigate the situation on the river…