Chapter 2567 - 2257: The Liu Family’s Suspicion

The Second Clan Elder glanced at the bustling crowds within the city and asked, "Is this city so prosperous because it’s Dazhou’s core city?"

Hearing the Second Clan Elder’s words, Wang Yu replied with a smile, "Core city? How could it be a core city? We’re merely a border outpost, specifically responsible for monitoring the Deceit Tide in the Central State."

Upon hearing Wang Yu’s response, the Liu Family was once again taken aback. Such a prosperous city is merely an outpost city?

They had thought they had arrived at the core city of Dazhou.

The Second Clan Elder continued, "I see that the people on the streets are all radiant and in good spirits. How does Dazhou manage to support so many people?"

The Holy Land Immortal Dynasties in the Central State all have vast grain reserves, allowing them to endure for a long time during the Eternal Night.

But in the Border Wilderness, there’s no way to have so much grain.

Logically, in such outpost cities, the population wouldn’t be large, and the people wouldn’t be in good health, being nothing but skin and bones would be normal.

But the citizens of Dazhou don’t appear to have suffered from famine.

In places like the Central State, even in cities with abundant supplies, ordinary citizens don’t have much grain stored.

It’s absurd that people in the Border Wilderness can live so well and even do business during the Eternal Night.

If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they certainly wouldn’t have believed that the Border Wilderness could have such a good environment.

Wang Yu said, "All of Dazhou’s grain is supplied by the Royal Family. As for where it comes from, I don’t know either."

The two Small Worlds of Dazhou are controlled by the Royal Family. All grain is sold by Imperial Merchants, and those who enter the Small Worlds to farm rarely leave, so ordinary people don’t know where Dazhou’s grain originates.

After hearing Wang Yu’s answer, the Second Clan Elder assumed he was unwilling to divulge more and stopped pressing the issue.

The matter of grain is crucial and is considered a secret of Dazhou.

Under Wang Yu’s guidance, the Liu Family’s convoy soon entered the City Lord’s Mansion.

There aren’t many rooms in the City Lord’s Mansion, certainly not enough to house thousands of people, but there’s a Training Ground where the Liu Family can set up temporary tents.

Once they find a place to stay, they’ll move out of the City Lord’s Mansion and won’t stay long.

After Wang Yu brought the Liu Family into the City Lord’s Mansion, he immediately instructed the mansion staff to prepare food, with both wine and meat.

Seeing the food Wang Yu prepared, a sense of caution arose in the Liu Family members’ hearts.

The meal Wang Yu prepared was too lavish. In an environment like the Eternal Night, to eat so well was something even their large families wouldn’t indulge in.

And Wang Yu, as the City Lord of an outpost city, dares to use such fine food to entertain them. Either Dazhou’s grain reserves are extraordinarily high, or Wang Yu has ill intentions, having put something in the food.

However, the Liu Family is, after all, a King Realm family, with many methods to test for poison.

They examined the food prepared by the City Lord’s Mansion and found no poison, but to be safe, the Liu Family’s King Realm Spirit Martial Artists did not eat the mansion’s food.

Inside the tent, the elders of the Liu Family gathered. Liu Qingyun took a few Array Stones from the Space Ring and threw them into the four corners of the tent, setting up an Isolation Array, then addressed the elders inside the tent, "What do you think?"

The Great Clan Elder said, "Something feels off. Even large families like ours are short on grain, yet in this remote Border Wilderness, there’s no shortage, and such a bustling city is just an outpost? It seems like bait."

"Could it be that the Deceit Saint is using such a facade of prosperity to mislead people from the Central State? To lure more Spirit Martial Artists to the Border Wilderness."

Hearing the Great Clan Elder’s words, the other elders pondered deeply. The Great Clan Elder’s speculation was not unreasonable and did indeed defy common sense.

At this time, the Fourth Clan Elder said, "It’s abnormal for a Deceit Saint to shelter humans. Compared to this, the issues of grain or the city seem trivial."

The Third Clan Elder said, "I have a theory regarding the grain."

Upon hearing the Third Clan Elder’s words, everyone’s eyes turned to him.

An elder asked, "What theory?"

The Third Clan Elder said, "The forces from the Central State came to the Border Wilderness, saying they were seeking some ancient inheritance?"

"Perhaps a Secret Realm has appeared in the Border Wilderness. If that Secret Realm is a Small World and hasn’t collapsed, it could be used to grow grain."

Hearing the Third Clan Elder, the group realized that if the Border Wilderness truly controls that Secret Realm, then cultivating grain inside is entirely possible.

This could explain why Dazhou doesn’t lack grain.

But to feed this many people, how large must that Secret Realm be?

They hadn’t visited the Secret Realm, so reaching a conclusion was difficult.

The Second Clan Elder continued, "Grain is a minor issue. The critical matter is whether the Deceit Saint truly shelters humanity."

"If he’s merely raising humans as livestock, we’ll eventually become his food. We must find a way to contact that so-called Regent King. Perhaps by interacting with Dazhou’s Regent King, we’ll learn if he truly can persuade a Deceit Saint."

The Great Clan Leader interjected, "In the Central State, there are collaborations between humans and the mysterious, but such people usually gain the favor of the mysterious through sacrificing several cities."

"This Dazhou’s Regent King might have used the same method of sacrificing humans to gain the Deceit Saint’s favor."

Hearing the Second Clan Elder’s words, Liu Qingyun said, "That’s unlikely. A Deceit Saint is no ordinary mysterious being."

"A Deceit Saint requires Spirit Martial Artists above the King Realm; the Border Wilderness lacks powerful Spirit Martial Artists."

"Even if they sacrificed all the ordinary people in the Border Wilderness to the Deceit Saint, it wouldn’t significantly enhance his power."

"Maybe they traded something the Deceit Saint needed to make a deal."

Hearing Liu Qingyun, everyone agreed it made some sense.

If this were the case, then they need not worry about becoming the Deceit Saint’s feed.

But with mysterious entities, they’re prone to breaking agreements without notice.

Liu Qingyun continued, "Even if my speculation is correct, and the Regent King of Dazhou used alternative means for the Deceit Saint’s protection, we must not reveal our strength."

"If we only appear as Low Realm Spirit Martial Artists, the Deceit Saint might not care about us."

"But if we display our power above the King Realm, the Deceit Saint wouldn’t hesitate to consume us. The mysterious are uncontrollable; they might overlook ordinary people, but Spirit Martial Artists of King Realm, wandering before him, wouldn’t be ignored."

"Moreover, we aren’t native to the Border Wilderness, so the Deceit Saint has no obligation to protect us."

Liu Qingyun glanced over the group and continued, "Send people to gather more information about Dazhou, and see which place might be suitable for settling. Let’s conclude for today."

Liu Qingyun was unsure if anyone was watching them.

Even though they set up an Isolation Array, using it can naturally arouse suspicion.

A family that can utilize such an array wouldn’t be a small family, so it’s best used sparingly.

Liu Qingyun retrieved the Array Stones of the Isolation Array back into the Space Ring. The elders left the tent to arrange for the clan members to go out and gather intelligence on Dazhou.