Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

When a cultivator's cultivation reaches a certain level, they will develop spiritual perception abilities, which are commonly referred to as spiritual awareness.

Mental perception allows one to sense the surrounding objects in their mind without using their eyes, which is more effective than seeing with their eyes.

Even with the best eyesight, one cannot see what is hidden behind an object, but mental perception can clearly perceive everything around us, including what is behind objects.

Those with strong spiritual awareness can even sense the strength of life force. However, spiritual perception also has its limitations, namely its range. Generally, the higher one's cultivation level, the stronger one's perception ability.

However, there are some exceptions. For example, some people are born with a much higher level of perception than others. This is due to individual differences in talent. Those with high talent will naturally be stronger than ordinary people in certain aspects.

Another drawback of telepathy is that people of the same level can use their telepathic abilities to interfere with the telepathic perception of others, creating the illusion of a failed connection. Of course, the higher the cultivation level, the stronger the interference ability.

"How is this possible? Could there be a tunnel in that wooden house?"

The shadowy figure in the corner tower had been staking out the place for over twenty days, but hadn't discovered anything unusual, nor had he noticed any experts of similar cultivation level coming by.

He was operating in secrecy, and most people couldn't detect his existence. Even if there were beings slightly superior to him, they were extremely rare, and it was impossible for him to encounter them by such a coincidence.

He immediately raised his hand and gestured outwards. Three dark figures emerged from several dark corners in the distance and floated towards him at the same time.

Four dark figures, like four black lightning bolts, instantly covered a distance of a hundred feet and landed in front of the wooden house.

"Search!"

The tall, thin figure pointed, and the other three immediately rushed into the wooden house. But they reappeared moments later.

"There's no one inside!"

"Damn it! Search them immediately!"

The four flew towards the woods behind the cabin. In front of the cabin were an alley and a long wall. On the other two sides, the four of them squatted down to guard the area, so that not even a fly could escape.

Therefore, the only possible escape route was through this grove of trees. Moreover, there was someone waiting for him, and they were well-prepared. Furthermore, the person waiting for him should be no less skilled than him.

"Damn it! I underestimated those two brats who came last night. They must have discovered something wrong with me!"

Who are they? Judging from their cultivation levels, they are not very high. Except for the man who is slightly stronger, the woman is older but her cultivation level is not as high as the boy's. The maid she brought with her is an ordinary person with no cultivation level.

How did they see through the deception? Even if they did, they wouldn't have been able to find help and devise a solution in such a short time! It's only been a little past midnight, less than three hours have passed!

The tall, thin, dark figure flew forward, carefully recalling the events of the previous few hours. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the disappearance of these children was related to them.

But I just can't understand how they managed to rescue more than a dozen children right under their noses without leaving a trace.

Even he couldn't take away a dozen or so children with no cultivation at all without being discovered.

He pondered to himself that with his cultivation level, he could only take away two or three children at most at a time, and even then, he couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't be discovered, since there were four experts lurking around.

As he searched ahead, lost in thought, the man in black on his left sent a message from 500 feet away. He immediately told the other two to head there.

To the left is the direction of the north gate of Shangyuan City, which is also one of the directions leading to the Monster Mountain Range.

"what's the situation?"

A tall, thin, dark figure approached the person who gave the signal.

"Just now, a covered carriage picked up more than a dozen people from the small house ahead. Those people were all wearing black cloaks, covering their entire bodies, so you couldn't see their faces at all. But judging from their height and build, most of them were short, about the size of seven or eight-year-old children."

"A dozen or so short people? And their faces are covered by black robes? Quick, after them! They must be those bastards from the Sin Clan!"

Four dark figures quickly chased after the carriage ahead.

Just then, a soft rustling sound came from the wooden house in that dilapidated thatched hut area. Small, thin figures emerged from the shadows of the wooden house and quietly ran towards the woods behind it.

A hundred feet away across the woods is the wall of Shangyuan City. Beyond the wall lies the vast Monster Mountain Range. However, this area of ​​the mountain range has long been developed by humans. The area fifty miles outside Shangyuan City is inhabited by local farmers, herdsmen, and hunters.

Within a radius of fifty to one hundred miles, there are low-cost mercenaries and explorers hunting low-cost magical beasts. Further out, the danger increases dramatically, and only those with at least a cultivation level of Earth Rank or higher in Xuan Gong dare to venture in.

After the children in the dilapidated wooden house had all walked into the grove of trees ahead, Dragon Lord and Tiger Lord, who were hidden a hundred feet away, breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Just now, the two of them used all their strength to use mental superposition to cover the children's aura from a distance, so that Grandpa Pao and his group could not sense them.

Both of them felt like they were about to collapse. Fortunately, everything went smoothly; if it had been a few more minutes, neither of them could guarantee they could have lasted that long.

The city wall between the north and west gates was mainly built to defend against the invasion of magical beasts. Therefore, it was not built very high. Since the area outside had been developed, the defenses here were relatively weak and loose, and few patrolling soldiers passed by at night.

Park Ya-joo led a dozen children quietly through the woods to the corner of the city wall. They groped their way forward in the shadows at the foot of the wall, as they needed to hurry to the west gate, which was three miles away.

The west gate had long been abandoned. Because very few people entered or exited from this direction, the soldiers guarding the city had sealed it off and refused to open it again. The gate opening was filled with stones and wooden stakes.

The west gate was dilapidated. Due to long-term neglect, the bottom of the gate had rotted. At some point, wild animals had gnawed a hole in the corner of the wall, and stray cats and dogs that came to steal food in the city would often enter through this hole, then crawl out from among the rubble and enter the city.

Tonight, Park Ah-joo will lead a dozen or so orphans to crawl out of this beast's den and escape the clutches of the enemy.

"Be careful, Xiao Hao. Go out and check the situation first. The rest of you come one by one. Don't panic, be quiet, and don't make any noise!"

In front of the north gate, a black carriage was surrounded by four masked men dressed in black. The driver was a burly man wearing a bamboo hat, a black close-fitting outfit, and a black cloak tied over his shoulders.

He was holding a steel knife, facing off against four dark figures. Although he was being suppressed by the four extremely powerful auras and was almost unable to breathe, he still showed no fear.

"Indeed, you already possess the strength of the peak of the Earth Rank, and your mental state is also very high. If I am not mistaken, you must be a battle-hardened soldier. With your skills, you should at least be a commander of a thousand!"

"You didn't block my way just to spout this nonsense, did you?"

The man driving the carriage said coldly.