Chapter 188 - Chapter 188: Chapter 162: Training the Child 2 (1/2)

Chapter 188: Chapter 162: Training the Child 2

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They, as a group of four, had lost to someone younger than them. Talking about it would be a big shame.

Unknown to them, Ye Yingying and the others had clearly observed the whole ordeal.

“You bastard! You better remember my name because one day I’ll defeat you,” Xu Tianyin yelled.

“That’s right! You better tell us your name!” Xu Tianguan shouted in agreement.

Xu Tianying kept her gaze fixed on his retreating figure, etching his face firmly in her memory. Once her mother returned, she planned to take her revenge on him.

Only Xu Tiangu stood up, dusted himself off without saying a word, scratching his head.

“I am Xu Da. With your abilities, even if you train for a hundred more years, you won’t stand a chance against me!”

Without turning back, Xu Mu left the alley and disappeared out on the street.

Ye Yingying and her two companions decided not to interfere or question him. However, after he had passed several blocks, he felt two faint presences following him.

“Looks like the three of them haven’t discovered my true identity, otherwise, they wouldn’t have sent two people at the Qi Cultivation Late Stage to follow me.”

A smirk crept up on Xu Mu’s lips.

His initial purpose for going there was not merely to teach those children a lesson, but to test and observe if they could uncover any hidden clues about him.

These individuals were the closest to him and some of the highest-ranked individuals in the marketplace. If they could not discern him, it means there’s a significant difference between his clone and his real body.

“In the future, I win modify the martial method and divine skills of my clone as much as possible. This will help in differentiating between the two and prevent anyone from discovering my real body through my clone.” Xu Mu contemplated.

To him, these clones were expendable. Their deaths wouldn’t upset him.

Since they didn’t fear death, their actions would differ greatly from his. Over time, the two identities will inevitably offend many people. Differentiating them could help him prevent potential problems.

Using a talisman to escape from his pursuers, Xu Mu opened a small hole in the illusion lightning formation and went towards the outskirts of the marketplace. While the outskirts of the marketplace were more populated and larger in area compared to the interior, most of the cultivators here were at the beginner stage of Qi Cultivation. The clothing and style of the inhabitants were inferior as well.

However, compared to his previous era, the current slums were much better off.

The streets were clean and bright. All buildings in the surrounding area were built from thick bluestone, making them highly resilient to attacks from even tier two skills. Security in the marketplace had significantly improved.

Many small trading spots were scattered around, supervised by the Xu Family. Low-tier cultivators came and went, trading not only resources needed by cultivators but also many common goods.

Even those who had just embarked on the path of cultivation didn’t have to worry about survival.

Thanks to the orderly environment, cultivators dared to start families and had sufficient resources to support their offspring, which led to the population of the marketplace surpassing thirty thousand in just ten years.

Before reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, the birthrate among ordinary cultivators remained quite high.

As long as this stability persists, there’s no need to bring in people from outside. The Baihe Marketplace alone could cultivate an endless stream of low- level cultivators.

That’s an advantage of being a cultivator. They have a long reproductive age, from fourteen to eighty. They could keep giving birth if they wanted to.

As long as resources don’t run out, previously declining regions can quickly restore their former prosperity in fifty or sixty years.

Speaking of resources, he had made many efforts in this regard, arranging for people to cultivate a vast amount of spiritual fields to grow spiritual grains around the marketplace.

Compared to hunting in the mountains or gathering medicinal herbs, farming is a more long-term solution.