Big Data Cultivation

When Han Hai True Sage described the nature of the formation, everyone present understood it was likely the work of clan practitioners.

There are cultivators in the sect who are willing to die to uphold the Dao tradition, but relatively speaking, clan practitioners place more emphasis on this aspect.

Of course, the most critical part is to prevent the prerequisite of tracing blood origins—would sect cultivators be concerned about tracing blood origins?

After a brief silence, Moran True Immortal spoke up, "I don’t think it necessarily was the Luo Family’s doing."

Feng Jun glanced at him and noncommittally asked, "Why?"

Moran pondered and answered, "Because... it’s too deliberate. With so many sectors in Tianqin, there’s no need to set a trap right at one’s own doorstep."

Before Feng Jun could express his opinion, Han Hai True Sage spoke up, "That’s right, I even suspect this formation wasn’t established recently; it might have been passed down from ancient times and only activated recently... this formation was truly lost."

"In my information, this technique was also lost," the Big Boss silently conveyed to Feng Jun, "This guy has some skills."

Very rarely, Qing Que True Immortal also spoke, "Heart Sword sensing tells me that what True Sage said is correct."

He wasn’t trying to flatter, just speaking honestly.

However, surprisingly, Han Hai True Sage straightforwardly stated, "Your sensing is incorrect; your Heart Sword can only sense my anomalies because I tend to trust my guess, so you think the situation is correct..."

"Simply put, you have misunderstood the Heart Sword."

Qing Que Protector couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth. This remark was truly embarrassing; can a True Sage just speak offhand like that?

But the other party was speaking about the matter itself, and he couldn’t refute it, so he gently responded, "My Heart Sword’s target is to sever cause and effect,"

"I know your target, you don’t need to repeat it," Han Hai True Sage waved his hand, responding directly, "I’m just saying with your current cultivation, you really don’t have the ability to sense this kind of formation... at least not until the Emergence Stage, work hard."

These words made Qing Que feel a bit embarrassed to retaliate. After hesitating, he asked, "Then can Mountain Master Feng do it? Is his inheritance superior to my Heart Sword?"

Han Hai True Sage replied without hesitation, "It’s hard to say about inheritance, but even I only vaguely sensed a trace of the rules being incomplete, and now I think it’s that Six Pillar thing, curses and such... I didn’t feel any of it."

Upon hearing this, Qing Que True Immortal was speechless. If even the True Sage couldn’t sense it, and that little guy named Feng was able to deduce it, what could he possibly be dissatisfied with?

Instead, Moran True Immortal spoke up, "Uncle Master Qing Que, does Taixu have any records on the inheritance of the Six Pillar Formation?"

Are you asking me this? Qing Que Protector was momentarily stunned, then remembered he indeed had some information in this area, at least more than this newly formed Nascent Soul junior.

However, he only knew a little more, so he shook his head and dejectedly replied, "The formation data is still incomplete, let alone inheritance... I estimate that such ancient inheritances are scattered, after all, it’s only a formation, not a cultivation technique."

In ancient times, when human cultivators were in the early stages of enlightenment, they were truly like scattered sand. The world was in chaos, with constant fighting. Concepts like protecting cultivation techniques, punishing disrespect towards superiors, and the unity of the human race against external threats were developed later.

As civilization continuously evolved, morality and order gradually established, forming the current cultivation world.

In ancient times, if someone stole a cultivation technique, they might worry about being discovered by opponents and face the danger of extermination. But stealing an Array Diagram or Array Plate would undoubtedly be used without hesitation—it didn’t involve fundamental inheritance and was also easy to hide.

In such circumstances, wanting to know which family inherited a certain formation... was simply impossible.

Moran True Immortal felt a bit disappointed, yet he looked towards Han Hai True Sage, hoping to get some information, but didn’t dare to ask.

However, True Sage knew his thoughts and shook his head straightforwardly, "For now, I don’t have more information either."

Moran felt quite impressed by this figure with such an immense reputation, handling problems decisively, yet still not weighed down by vanity, able to acknowledge his shortcomings. So, he tentatively asked, "Then... should we announce a reward in the sect?"

With their status, none of the three had a clear understanding of this formation, so the libraries of Taixu and Xuanshui Sect likely didn’t have similar information. But this didn’t mean the entire Tianqin region lacked information. There were many rumored pieces of lost information among the common folks.

After all, this thing is of no use to Taixu and Xuanshui. Even if their disciples obtained similar secret techniques, they might not even care about them.

Such things are occasionally heard of during the seven schools and eighteen paths; the sect might not have such information, but once a sect announces a reward, a disciple might pull it out from their Storage Bag, saying, "I have it, I have it!"

Why don’t disciples report this information to the sect? It’s impossible. The purchase price for such information in the sect is too low, and many disciples feel there’s no need to sell these cheap items for a few Spirit Stones.

The sect managers are also aware of this situation but can’t do anything about it. The sect cannot increase its purchase budget for these miscellaneous things, so it can only tolerate this phenomenon—forcing people to hand over when there is no money is detrimental to the sect’s unity.

Moran had once been the Yiyao East City Executor, so he was very clear about this situation, thus he offered a reasonable suggestion.

Han Hai True Sage was not good at dealing with people, but after all, he had lived for over a thousand years, and he was aware of this phenomenon, so he stated, "Going back to offer a reward doesn’t hold much hope... let’s make a visit to the Luo Family first."

Upon hearing this, the other three were taken aback, thinking to themselves, hadn’t everyone just concluded that the Luo Family was not suspicious?

However, Han Hai True Sage did not care what they thought, his large sleeves swept, directly carrying the three of them towards the passage entrance.

Of course, the Luo Family’s passage entrance was guarded, with a large and a small garrison. The smaller garrison was at the Golden Core Level, with more than ten stationed, the larger one was at the Nascent Soul Level, comprising two Nascent Soul and ninety Golden Core soldiers.

The defense level of the two garrisons was not always at full capacity. Upon noticing someone approaching, they would generally first assess the opponent’s strength before taking the appropriate measures.

They were guarding the fourth small realm passage. If it were one of the first three major passages, then they’d be very busy, with a constant stream of people, hardly able to check who was coming in!

But the fourth passage could not be neglected either. Although the traffic was not heavy, if too few people were guarding it, an occasional squad of four or five Nascent Soul could carry out a surprise attack, throwing the Luo Family into chaos.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t fight back, but that people would strike and leave, or simply harass. What could you do?

The Luo Family had its pride, so they stationed quite a few men here. As for the defense level... well, it was enough.

Once spotting a strong foe, a temporary upgrade could be made.

But Han Hai True Sage came too fast. Seeing his flying speed, the two Nascent Soul flew out promptly without even the mood to enhance defenses, and simultaneously issued a warning into the passage, "An Emergence Stage True Sage has arrived!"

The two Nascent Soul were not flustered, they calmed themselves and cupped their hands, "This is the Luo Family entrance, may I ask which Great Sage is coming?"

Han Hai True Sage came to a screeching halt, and then replied in a deep voice, "I am Han Hai, call your Emergence Stage ancestor out, I have something to inquire."

He didn’t bother to invoke the Xuanshui Sect’s name, for the entire Tianqin there was only one True Sage named Han Hai, and he was not worried about misunderstandings—if you haven’t even heard of my name, then... it’s fine if you’re vanquished.

These two True Immortals indeed knew him—how could you be a True Immortal without knowing Han Hai?

A Nascent Soul Middle Phase smiled and spoke, "So it is the Great Sage of Xuanshui Sect who has arrived, may I seek permission to report this?"

Han Hai True Sage waved a hand, indicating indifferently, "Go quickly, I give you the time of a cup of tea."

Feng Jun watched in slight bewilderment—if I’m not mistaken, didn’t you say this family has two Divine Spirits and six Emergence Stage?

And yet, you deal with the Luo Family like this?

However, this True Immortal really did shoot away like a flash, disappearing amongst his kindred.

Not even the time of a cup of tea had passed when more than a hundred people flew out from the passage, headed by eight graceful young women, followed by four robust Golden Core Peak, then eight towering men, all at the Golden Core Cultivation.

The men pulled a luxurious cloud car, flying through the air, while two youths stood on the cloud car’s shaft, who were of Nascent Soul cultivation.

On each side of the cloud car were two men, one Nascent Soul, and one Golden Core, and on their forward side stood a Nascent Soul High Stage middle-aged man.

"Ancient welcoming ceremony," Han Hai True Sage snorted, somehow everyone could hear a trace of disdain in his words.

"Greetings to Han Hai True Sage," the main seat of the cloud car was occupied by a high-crown man, with boy and girl attendants holding zither and sword, and these children also had Golden Core cultivation, clearly not as young as they appeared.

In short, the display was really grand, and the high-crown man did not mean to show off, he slowly descended from the cloud car, "I am Luo Shiqi, unworthily an Elder of the Luo Family, long have I heard of Han Hai True Sage’s great name, to meet today is a worthy experience for this life!"

Han Hai True Sage took a step forward, speaking indifferently, "If you really knew me, you should know I don’t like this sort of superficial story."

"Small realm families, some formality is always needed," Luo Shiqi smiled helplessly, indicating, "Unworthily an Elder, I cannot break the rules of those before me, and indeed, the True Sage is an honored guest."

"Are there really so many immutable rules?" Han Hai True Sage replied dismissively, then raised an eyebrow, "You as an Elder, only have a number... are there really that many Emergence Stage Taoists in the Luo Family?"

"I rose from the bottom," Luo Shiqi answered straightforwardly, the welcoming ceremony was necessary, but the other spoke straightforwardly so he didn’t hide anything—it’s as if no one else is at the Emergence Stage, "Once I got my name, I didn’t crave it anymore... do you understand?"

(Updated, summoning last six days of the month for a vote, let’s see if we can exceed ten thousand.)