Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 95 - 94: Zhou Minghan’s Speculation

Zhou Xuan Yu was hiding under a nameless sand dune a hundred miles outside of the Baisha River Oasis.

Upon receiving her message, Zhou Minghan immediately left Baisha River Oasis under the guise of returning to the clan alongside Zhouyang, and secretly went to the place where she was hiding.

To conceal their identities, both of them wore masks crafted by Zhouyang, so that even if they were accidentally discovered meeting secretly, they would have some leeway as long as they weren’t caught on the spot.

Thus, on a dark, windy night, three people wearing dragon, tiger, and phoenix masks gathered and conversed for a while before flying together with sword control towards the Yuquan Lake Oasis.

After talking with Zhou Xuan Yu for a bit, Zhouyang and Zhou Minghan finally decided to first take her back to the clan, at least to let her see her children and family once more, and to glance again at the land that bore and nurtured her.

Since Blood Mo Luo was just severely wounded, it was unlikely he’d come out to find her at this time. Taking her back to the clan made it the best time now.

However, Zhou Xuan Yu’s identity was still too sensitive. To prevent any information leakage, she didn’t even dare to meet her daughter Zhou Yuanchun face to face, but could only watch her from the shadows.

To most Zhou family cultivators, Elder Zhou Xuan Yu had long been presumed missing and fallen, and Zhou Yuanchun had also accepted the "fact" of her parents’ demise.

"Yang’Er, godmother asks you a favor, can you let Yuanchun bring her younger sister?"

On Jade Spring Peak, Zhou Xuan Yu and Zhouyang hid in a forest, secretly watching Zhou Yuanchun busily picking spirit fruits in the family orchard as ingredients for brewing wine. Seeing her daughter’s familiar figure, Zhou Xuan Yu’s eyes welled up, and she couldn’t stop her tears from falling.

"Godmother, this really puts me in a difficult position. Sister Yuanchun is a young, unmarried female cultivator. If she’s always carrying a little girl around, she’d be very conspicuous. Plus, her cultivation level is low, but as a cultivator, if Yuan Yao often follows her, it won’t be long before she notices something strange and finds out. You can’t expect a three-year-old girl to keep secrets!"

Zhouyang rubbed his head in frustration, having no choice but to refuse Zhou Xuan Yu’s unreasonable request. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

As an adult, he understood his foster mother Zhou Xuan Yu’s desire for her daughters to reunite, but as the clan leader of the Zhou family, he had to prioritize the clan’s safety.

Zhou Yuanyao’s age was too delicate—at just over three years old, she could already remember and know her parents’ names. If she followed Zhou Yuanchun, the secret that Zhou Xuan Yu was still alive might not matter much, but if it exposed the existence of Blood Mo Luo, it would be truly troublesome.

"I... I understand."

Zhou Xuan Yu’s face darkened, aware of Zhouyang’s dilemma, and she didn’t bring up the matter again.

After seeing her daughter and relatives, the two went together into Zhou Minghan’s cave dwelling to further discuss matters concerning Blood Mo Luo and the Blood Slaughter Demon Sect.

"As for whether the Blood Slaughter Demon Sect is really launching a massive invasion of our Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, I can’t say for sure. However, when I was following Blood Mo Luo, I did occasionally see him using some demon dao communication method to converse with certain individuals. And more than a year ago, he disappeared for a few days, and when he returned, he seemed to be in a bad mood, not leaving the bedroom for several days."

"Oh, I remember accidentally overhearing him mention once, that once a ’Blood Nether’ martial uncle comes out of seclusion, we’d be taken to pay respects."

"And there’s another thing, I once overheard from a sand bandit, who was trying to curry favor with Blood Mo Luo, saying he encountered Blood Mo Luo practicing a demon technique near the Red Tiger Mountain Oasis, which led to his subjugation by Blood Mo Luo."

Inside the mountaintop cave dwelling, Zhouyang, Zhou Minghan, and Zhou Xuan Yu sat on the ground listening to Zhou Xuan Yu recount her observations while with Blood Mo Luo.

Because of the presence of the "Soul-Burning Blood Curse" on her, and having borne a daughter, Blood Mo Luo’s vigilance towards her wasn’t too severe. Her daily life was entrusted to Zhou Xuan Yu, allowing her to know quite a bit of information.

However, having been with him for a short period, she couldn’t access truly confidential information.

"Blood Mo Luo is already at the Ninth Layer of the Purple Mansion, so anyone he calls martial uncle must be a Golden Core Stage demon cultivator. Given that a Golden Core Stage demon cultivator is lurking in our Boundless Sea of Sand Cultivation Realm, the Blood Slaughter Demon Sect’s invasion is almost certainly true!"

"And what you said about the Red Tiger Mountain Oasis is also a vital clue. That area was originally occupied by a Tier Four High-Grade Demon Beast, the Red Qilin Tiger. Only about a hundred years ago, Elder Jiang of the Yellow Sand Sect led people to slay the beast and develop the area. It’s only a little over seven thousand miles in a straight line from the Broken Cloud Mountain Range, and it’s surrounded by numerous small oases occupied by demon beasts. I teamed up with people to hunt demons there over sixty years ago."

"The situation around Red Tiger Mountain Oasis is complex, gathering more than thirty percent of Boundless Sea of Sand’s demon beast hunters. Many loose cultivators go there to form hunting parties. If demonic cultivators choose that place to act, I wouldn’t be surprised. It’s normal for dozens or even hundreds of low-tier cultivators to go missing there every year, without raising much attention."

Zhou Minghan’s eyes flashed with insight, calculating some speculations based on the information Zhou Xuan Yu revealed and his own experiences.

At this point, Zhouyang, too, couldn’t help but voice his suspicion: "If that’s the case, might Blood Mo Luo have gone there to heal after suffering injuries?"

"It’s very possible!"

"The most adept and effective way for blood demon cultivators to heal is by absorbing the essence blood of cultivators and the heart blood of mortals. With Blood Mo Luo’s cultivation, mortal heart blood is no longer useful to him. If he wants to quickly recover his cultivation, the most efficient and fastest method is to collect a large quantity of cultivator essence blood. Just a few hundred Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators or twenty to thirty Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators would suffice for him to fully recover his cultivation in less than ten years."

Zhou Xuan Yu, her face pale, spoke out about the situation she was aware of, immediately lowering her head, not daring to meet Zhou Minghan and Zhouyang’s eyes.

As a legitimate blood demon cultivator, no one here understood the effects of the secret techniques within demon dao better than her.

Hearing her words, Zhou Minghan and Zhouyang immediately changed expression, with a complex feeling surging in their hearts.

Though they were well aware of the notorious reputation of demon cultivators for killing to advance, hearing this specific situation directly from Zhou Xuan Yu’s mouth made them involuntarily shiver with a chilling thought.

According to Zhou Xuan Yu, even if the entire Zhou family of cultivators was sacrificed, it wouldn’t suffice to meet even a tenth of what Blood Mo Luo needed to restore his cultivation!

Calculated this way, from the beginning of practice to reaching his current level at the Ninth Layer of the Purple Mansion, how many cultivators must have become his "resources" for advancement?

Was Zhou Xuan Yu really able to successfully establish her foundation at nearly a hundred years of age simply because she took the "Blood Treasure Pill," as she claimed?

Zhouyang and Zhou Minghan glanced at Zhou Xuan Yu, who was too scared to look at them, wisely refraining from asking that question.

No matter what, Zhou Xuan Yu was ultimately their closest kin. Family shielding one another is a natural human instinct!

"Alright, let’s stop the discussion here. Yu’Er, you should take Yao’Er to the secular family gathering place and find a suitable person for her adoption. Elder Jiang and Xiao Jiu still need to host a clan meeting to discuss dealing with the Yellow Sand Sect’s conscription."

Zhou Minghan waved his hand, his voice infused with weariness.

Obviously, Zhou Xuan Yu’s matters had troubled this experienced elder significantly, leaving him unsure of how to manage them.

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