Chapter 144: Life is Difficult
It was late at night, and all was quiet. Wei Yuan was sitting on the edge of the central peak where he could overlook the entire realm. He was holding a map and looking deep in thought.
There was a narrow pass where the Shamans had to pass through in order to advance upon Qingming. It was only a li wide. If they set up camp there, they could slow down the Shaman army’s advance significantly. However, there was a problem. It would take another five days before Qingming’s domain would extend that far.
To the south lay a small lake that was teeming with life. He wondered if it would remain so when the domain reached it.
To the east lay a small human town where several thousand mortals lived. For now, he saw no need to relocate them and disturb their lives.
Problems like these kept arising one after another. Some could be resolved immediately, while others required adaptation on the fly.
Wei Yuan looked to the west where the sky looked dark and heavy. Something massive and dangerous seemed to be lurking behind those shadows. Despite all they had achieved, his anxiety had only been growing worse with each passing day.
Five days had passed since Qingming was established, and they had killed two Great Warlocks during this time. However, not a single Trueman from the Palace of Absolute Beginning had shown up.
Big Senior Sister could have broken through to the Avatar stage at any time, but for whatever reason, she was intentionally suppressing her advance.
His shifu, Zhang Sheng, had also reached a point where he could break through to the Avatar stage anytime he wanted. However, he didn’t because his fourth immortal sword wasn’t yet complete. Assuming that the amount of worldly reward was the same, two more Great Warlocks should be enough for the immortal sword to reach full maturity. However, that was assuming that there weren’t other conditions that needed to be met.