Time flowed like surging river and a year passed by in a flash. There had been great progress everywhere in the mansion.
Wu Tian had long managed to control his strength, though not without breaking a few things here and there, much to Lin Qing's annoyance. He had even made headway into the body tempering stage of his martial arts.
The other kids had also made great progress, Xiao Ren and the other two kids who had been granted cultivation techniques had all made it to the third realm of qi gathering.
The sight of them flashing cool spell techniques had impressed the others so much that they had badgered Lin Qing to let them cultivate until she had finally agreed.
They were already sensing qi and beginning to cultivate. The only constant that remained was that Wu Tian's sister still hadn't been born yet. She seemed quite content to remain where she was.
In the green cloud city people constantly went in and out of the busy city gates, but on this day two unexpected figures made their way into the city. On the lead was a graceful young master, his attire was refined and his skin smooth.
He had a refined and elegant atmosphere that indicated he wasn't an ordinary scion, behind him was an old man following unhurriedly behind the youth.
They seemed an ordinary young master and his retainer but if one observed them carefully, one could see the lofty expressions with which they regarded the city.
"Could that hag Qin Mu really have found such a gem in such a desolate place." The young master asked doubtfully "I hope that we didn't waste our limited time chasing this clue"
"I am sure we'll know soon, young master." The old man behind commented serenely. The pair strolled around the city and occasionally they would ask about a certain old lady named Qin Mu. They roamed around the city asking around covertly for an old woman named Qin Mu. The limited success frustrated the young master a lot.
A few days later, the young master was feeling extremely frustrated, he sighed in defeat and told the old man,
"it seems that this was a false lead, uncle Xie. if Qin Mu was really here there would be no way we would have missed her."
he was thinking of cutting his loses and leaving when the old man suggested an idea, "young master, why not put out the word that we are looking for news on cultivators, you could place a reward on it. mortal money is not of much use to us anyways."
The young man's eyes lit up, and with a laugh he stood up excitedly, "Good idea uncle Xie, that's exactly what I'll do." impatient to get it done, he immediately headed out to put out word, he covertly place a reward for information on cultivators.
sure enough by the next day, the young master and the old man were standing in front of Grandma Mu's house.
The moment they did, in the city lord's mansion Wu Tian felt a tingling feeling he hadn't felt in a long time.
The young master stared at grandma Mu's house and felt it was preposterous a bunch of mortal guards had captured Qin Mu, but what was more unbelievable was that Qin Mu had actually chosen to live in such a run down place.
what secret had she been trying to hide here? surely it didn't require living in such squalid conditions. she was more incompetent than he had thought.
He however paid attention to the information he had gotten it had said that Qin Mu had a bunch of kids with her. Could it be that she really found some immortal seeds, and so many?
It was just as Lin Qing had thought, it was almost impossible to gain something without accompanying trouble. This time the trouble had finally come knocking on their door.
The young master was not afraid of the city lord's mansion; a couple of mortals couldn't do anything to him, however this area was under the jurisdiction of the verdant cloud sect and he really didn't want to alert them.
So he decided that he and his guardian would sneak in and investigate and if they found that the children really were cultivation seeds, well, then the entire mansion would have to go and reincarnate.
The moment these thoughts manifested, in the city lord's mansion Wu Tian felt the sense of danger sky rocket. He immediately stopped training and rushed to Lin Qing. It was an extremely strong sense of danger, in fact he felt that there was no way to resist at all.
He found Lin Qing who was surprised to see Wu Tian at this time of day looking so panicked.
Wu Tian solemnly told her what he had felt "they are really strong, and they are near and coming closer." It was as if….., Wu Tian concentrated hard on his world sense. He usually suppressed it but today he extended it towards the source of the danger. In his senses in the road that led out the mansion was a bit busy as always. However in the vicinity he traced the source of the immense danger.
He saw an elegant young man slowly walking towards the mansion, he radiated a peaceful and elegant air but from him Wu Tian could sense a sense of danger. However it really wasn't a fatal and inescapable sense of danger, that came from the old man following behind him.
From him Wu Tian felt a suffocating feeling of doom and he could also feel a considerable amount of energy within him. Just then when Wu Tian focused his senses on the old man, he seemed to sense something and vigilantly looked around, his leisurely aura suddenly changed and a sharp formidable aura emanated from him.
Wu Tian swiftly withdrew his probing and returned his focus, he felt his heart palpitate. " such a formidable aura. who could those people be? and why do they wish us harm?
when he remembered the formidable aura rising from the old man. he wondered who they were and why they gave him a sense of danger.
He had figured out that he only got such an intense sense of danger from people who wished them harm. He turned to Lin Qing and found her watching him worriedly.
"There's two people coming here, they seem to be a young and an old one. The young one isn't too strong but the old man is terrifying. He is definitely not in the qi gathering stage. But why would they be hostile to us."