"Since when did Tiegu become so bold?" This was Feng Jun’s attitude after listening.

He didn’t know much about Elder Tiegu, hearing from Yi Jue that this person had a bit of iron-blooded nature, but he held a bit of disdain in his heart: How can ambushing and sneaking around be considered courageous?

Moreover, even though he had been causing trouble in the Lingmu Sect for many days, Elder Tiegu had never stepped up to confront him directly.

However, the reaction from the two True Immortals of the Jinwu Sect was, "This old guy... has he no shame? Mountain Master Feng is only at the Initial Golden Core Stage!"

"Regardless, he’s come forward to challenge you," True Immortal Cang Jing answered with a smile, "Many of the spatial warning formations have been closed off, and what he means is... if anything happens, come at him, don’t involve unrelated people."

"With that said, I can’t easily target others," Feng Jun understood this tactic. Before when Elder Tiegu didn’t react, he could retaliate against the people of Lingmu Sect, and even if others thought he was excessive, there was always a cause and effect.

Now that this rascal wasn’t hiding, he had taken on the causality. Although the disparity between their cultivation levels was vast, couldn’t he rally people too?

Of course, Feng Jun could rally people, and Tiegu could also do the same; it would just be an open confrontation.

To be honest, Feng Jun felt that he couldn’t have a network larger than Tiegu’s. Although he had various miraculous abilities that attracted many cultivators, thinking he could overpower this veteran True Immortal would definitely be him getting ahead of himself.

Besides, after rallying people, there would be debts of gratitude and causality to settle, and Feng Jun disliked owing favors the most.

So this matter requires careful planning, but as for visiting Lingmu Sect now, there was no problem with that. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

He instructed the two True Immortals of the Jinwu Sect a few words and was about to leave, but the Kun cultivator, after hearing, seemed unwilling to let it go, "Since old villain Tiegu is also an accomplice in harming our fellow disciple Wan Qing, we must accompany you on this trip."

"Isn’t there no evidence?" Feng Jun sighed with frustration, "Moreover, True Sage You Xuan from your sect has already made proper arrangements. For you to act so hastily is somewhat disrespectful to your sect elders."

He spent quite some effort to suppress the revengeful spirit of the two True Immortals of the Jinwu Sect, then accompanied them through the Transmission Array to the Yiyao Region, apparently to attend an auction.

However, in fact, on the very night of reaching Yiyao, he had a disciple from the Xuanshui Sect continue to impersonate him while he himself returned to the Ice Plains, directly teleporting with Elder Cang Jing to the Geng Zi Yuan.

Initially, Yi Jue advised him to teleport to the entrance of her cave residence—there would definitely be no big nets this time, but Feng Jun felt it was unnecessary; Geng Zi Yuan was just fine, and it was also outside the protective formation of True Immortal Shou Zhong, which wouldn’t cause confusion for Shou Zhong.

Shortly after arriving, True Immortal Yi Jue tore through space and arrived, enthusiastically asking, "Ready for a showdown with that rascal?"

"Hold on," Feng Jun replied seriously, "I need to understand the situation first; that rascal surely wouldn’t be without allies."

"I can assist you with deductions," True Immortal Yi Jue spoke earnestly, "Moreover, my information shows that rascal has indeed left the forbidden land, and the Lingmu Sect has given up their spatial defenses, focusing on stabilizing order now."

Earlier, due to Feng Jun’s reckless antics, the order of the Lingmu Sect had been thrown into chaos, and now their energy was entirely focused on maintaining order, showing they had essentially given up the investigation, merely waiting for Feng Jun to show up.

"No need," Feng Jun replied with a smile, "It’s convenient enough for me to come and go alone; bringing you would be inappropriate."

Yi Jue, however, insisted, "I’m well aware of your deductive shortcomings; going with you at least allows for long-range deductions."

Feng Jun pondered for a moment and then nodded, "True, if it’s to check who he might have invited, I’m not as adept as you. How about this: I’ll scout ahead first, and if it’s suitable to bring you, I’ll come back to pick you up."

Yi Jue had no other option and nodded.

Feng Jun took out his mobile phone, entered the Void, and chose a remote location in the Lingmu Sect, going there directly through his footprints.

This time, indeed, there was no one around, and the big boss had ample time to remove the Void Breath from Feng Jun.

After thoroughly cleansing the breath, Feng Jun used his footprints twice more to test if the other side had a reaction to spatial fluctuations.

Indeed, there was no response. After testing twice, Feng Jun arrived at a pile of rocks twenty thousand miles away from the Celestial Star Abyss.

This was a place where the disciples of Lingmu Sect experimented with techniques, long abandoned, overrun with various attributes, which meant there was hardly any plant growth.

In a place like this, the likelihood of being discovered was lower, and if ambushed, wood-based techniques would take longer to activate.

He took out a new "Heaven-defying Item Testing Formation," activated it, and checked towards the Celestial Star Abyss, surprisingly finding there was no Speculator there.

That shouldn’t be, he frowned in thought, then used the formation to glance towards the forbidden grounds, unable to help but grimace, "This is overboard... despite everything, he’s an elder, and he actually created a decoy?"

He felt that things shouldn’t be this way, so he secretly communicated with the Big Boss, "Senior, can you sense that piece of Celestial Star Abyss?"

The Big Boss sensed for a moment, "I can roughly perceive something, quite a few people have gathered, about more than two thousand. There are three True Immortals... Oh, and four others hidden, they really think highly of you, eh?"

After a while, the Big Boss curiously stated, "Strange, they can even get something like this... Vines with Jian Mu’s aura, not sure if it’s grafted or mutated, but it’s certain that they have Void attributes."

"Is there a Nascent Soul Eighth Layer True Immortal with not much life force left?"

"Let me sense," the Big Boss sensed for a moment longer before answering his question, "The distance is really too far, I’m worried it’s not safe. With some Dharma that conceals aura, if I’m not careful, I could be caught as well. Get ten thousand more miles closer."

Even getting ten thousand more miles closer was still a bit insufficient. Finally, when it was less than six thousand miles to the Celestial Star Abyss, the Big Boss then confidently stated, there was such a person, and moreover, they seemed emotionally unstable.

Feng Jun’s eyes lit up hearing this, "So, Tiegu left the Speculator in the forbidden land?"

He originally had this suspicion because Tiegu challenged him this time, and an unexpected event might occur. The Speculator is not only valuable but also the relic of Jiu Cai True Immortal, and this guy hasn’t refined it, so not carrying it with him is also normal.

Then let’s go to the forbidden land. Feng Jun discussed with the Big Boss.

"Then let’s go," the Big Boss got excited hearing about such a matter, "That Tiegu is really foolish. Does it mean that if he wants to fight you, you must respond? Tch, go get the treasure first, let him fume by himself!"

Feng Jun couldn’t help but smirk secretly, thinking that with Big Boss’s cultivation level, he still likes to avoid battles, is it just his nature to be cautious?

Despite the sarcasm, Feng Jun indeed doesn’t like playing by the rules, especially unwilling to follow the opponent’s lead, so he flew close to the ground toward the direction of the forbidden land.

From his current position, it’s about three hundred thousand miles to the forbidden land. Relying solely on physical flight would take a long time, especially since he can’t fly too fast.

However, doing so also served as a test. After flying for more than three hours and finding that no one had noticed, he simply stopped and entered the Void again.

This time, he selected a mark over seventy thousand miles away from the forbidden land, then asked the Big Boss to observe the situation of the forbidden land—especially if there were any Jian Mu variants.

The Big Boss stated, it’s too far from the forbidden land here. You have to know that this forbidden land has been operated by Lingmu Sect for many years, with semi-permanent formations, and it’s not as easy to observe as the Celestial Star Abyss.

For the remaining distance, Feng Jun could only rely on his cultivation level to fly hard. After flying an additional thirty thousand miles, the Big Boss finally saw clearly, the entire forbidden land left only two Nascent Soul Tree Demons, no Human Race True Immortals, but there were quite a few Golden Core Cultivators.

Over the next three days, Feng Jun flew thirty thousand miles. For the last ten thousand miles, he chose to disguise as a Spirit Plant apprentice, collecting Spirit Plants as he approached.

Then, he finally encountered a patrol of Lingmu Sect disciples who wanted to verify his identification.

Following the Big Boss’s instructions, Feng Jun took out a Waist Token—it was actually a Guest Elder Recruitment Token from Tianxin Platform.

However, the three Golden Core Cultivators who were checking felt no issues, momentarily distracted, they returned the Waist Token, and even mentioned that the area ahead is a forbidden zone, so he should not get too close and must leave before dark.

Feng Jun nodded repeatedly, the other party didn’t care and turned to leave.

He continued to fly forward slowly, but secretly praised, "Senior, impressive means, can I learn?"

"Just a minor trick," the Big Boss replied nonchalantly, "Nascent Soul Stage can learn it, it’s just a play of the Soul, and it only affects cultivators two major levels lower than oneself... it’s not safe for just one level lower."

"Oh," Feng Jun nodded, "So it’s only for deceiving ants... but it’s still quite good."

"Who said it’s only for deceiving ants?" The Big Boss was displeased, "I have other means too, it’s just that I’m a bit weak now!"

Feng Jun pondered, agreeing with this. These illusion or Soul influencing techniques only have a difference between knowing and not knowing. Once understood, with careful study, they shouldn’t be so weak as to only bully ants two major levels lower.

Probably because Feng Jun had already been checked, even though he got closer to the forbidden land, none of the cultivators or Lingmu reacted, so he continued to operate within one to two thousand miles from the forbidden land.

Since he arrived when the day was getting late, after moving for about another hour, dusk began to fall.

At this time, the cultivators in the forbidden land came out again, loudly reprimanding Feng Jun to leave quickly—Lingmu Sect has developed many disciples and Spirit Plant Masters to this day, with complex relationships everywhere, there’s no need to be overly particular about minor issues.

Feng Jun, who had made waves earlier, wasn’t likely to come now, so there was no need for anyone to play the bad guy.

After hearing this, Feng Jun raised his hand, made a bow toward the forbidden land to express apology, then turned and swiftly flew away close to the ground.