With just a word from an immortal, countless rogue cultivators were forcibly kept in the Eastern Wilderness.

There were also some rogue cultivators who wanted to sneak away, but unfortunately, there were no more cloud boats in this cultivator city to return to the Central State. If they flew back on their own, those rogue cultivators with low cultivation levels would probably have to fly for quite a few days.

Moreover, the journey is not safe. Recently, the demon race has been rampant. If one's cultivation level is not high, and one flies back to Zhongzhou alone, one may die before even reaching the halfway point.

Okay, there's no escaping it now.

But life in the city wasn't easy either. Cultivators like rogue cultivators, without any background, were only meant to be exploited.

Especially for rogue cultivators with low cultivation levels, they have little ability to resist. Other rogue cultivators all prioritize self-preservation, so they are not very united and can only be ordered around by the cultivators of the major sects.

They can be considered backup cannon fodder.

Wu Er is doing relatively well, after all, his cultivation level is there; he's a Nascent Soul cultivator, which is considered a minor expert, and powerful people are always respected.

In addition, he also had the identity of a guest elder of the Hunyuan Sect, which allowed him to establish some connections with cultivators from major sects, so his life was still quite leisurely.

However, even though it's a relatively quiet time, it's not entirely quiet; there are still occasional tasks to be done.

I don't know how things are in Zhongzhou, but the human cultivators in the Eastern Wilderness are extremely nervous.

The cultivator cities in the Eastern Wilderness have also entered a state of war preparedness, with various formations set up on the city walls, as well as some huge and destructive magical artifacts.

If you glance around occasionally, you'll always see people carrying boxes of pills.

Every time Wu Er saw people carrying supplies and heard their impatient shouts, his unease would increase by three points.

With such preparations, how big of a battle are we going to fight?

Such a huge battle, how many people will die?

Although everything is unknown, one can already vaguely foresee the brutality of this war.

However, compared to the urgency of the human race, the demon race remained relatively quiet. After the demon saint led his demon horde away, not a single demon was seen near the cultivator city.

This is a very strange thing.

The negotiations broke down last time, and with the human race making such a big fuss, why hasn't the demon race made any move?

Even if they don't come to harass human cultivators, they should at least send out some lesser demons to scout around. There isn't even a single lesser demon to scout.

This is not like other demon settlements. Last time Wu Er saw a small demon camp, they were very vigilant and even conducted counter-surveillance.

Given the current discipline and vigilance of the Eastern Wilderness demon race, it's impossible that no demons would come to scout ahead.

Even Wu Er was puzzled.

What is this new demon saint of the Eastern Wilderness trying to do? Is he trying to stop the war by not retaliating?

That would be overthinking it. If they really don't resist, with the manpower and resources that the human race has prepared, the Three Immortals of the human race will probably divide up the entire Eastern Wilderness, not even giving the demon race a small hill.

Well, although the demon race doesn't conduct reconnaissance, the human race does send people to do so.

Like Wu Er, he was assigned a reconnaissance mission.

To be precise, it couldn't be called a "sent party," since the people there were highly skilled and spoke politely. It should be that they invited Wu Er to scout ahead.

Of course, he couldn't refuse this request, and he really hadn't done any work these past few days, so Wu Er had no choice but to accept.

When I first came to the Eastern Wilderness, I was after the resources from a reconnaissance mission, and now I've been assigned another reconnaissance mission.

Although there's no necessary connection, it's still quite interesting to think about.

Before leaving, Wu Er said, "I've really become a swift scout, but I don't know if I can release mushrooms."

He made a joke that nobody in the world would understand, and then chuckled.

This can be considered finding joy in hardship. If one didn't know how to find joy in hardship, they would probably be driven crazy by the pressure in such an environment.

"Greetings, senior. We'd like to join you on this reconnaissance mission."

At the entrance of the cultivator city, two junior cultivators from the Hunyuan Sect approached Wu Er.

Judging from their appearance, their cultivation level is not high. These are only two disciples at the Foundation Establishment stage, and both are male disciples with no distinguishing features.

When Wu Er reached the city gate, he almost didn't see the two people.

It's not Wu Er's fault; anyone would probably just ignore these two unremarkable people.

"Will you come with me?"

Wu Er noticed the two cultivators and asked them again.

The two junior cultivators replied, "We were assigned by the elders of the sect. They said that you came and went in a hurry, so they sent us to assist you."

An assistant?

Wu Er glanced at the two junior disciples, pondered for a moment, and then nodded in reply, "They've thought of everything, even sending people to assist me. That's really good."

Upon hearing this, the two disciples' faces lit up with joy, and they replied, "We are willing to serve you, senior."

Although Wu Er said those words of praise, he didn't really mean it.

The two junior disciples' explanations were very unnatural; they could only fool some inexperienced young people.

Whether as a mortal or after cultivating immortality, Wu Er has always struggled and fought his way up, making him quite a seasoned veteran.

Therefore, the thoughts of these two young disciples were perfectly clear to me.

With their cultivation levels so low, bringing these two along for reconnaissance would be like bringing two burdens. They weren't there to help out; they were clearly there to monitor Wu Er.

Because Wu Er's cultivation level is high, his whereabouts are difficult to control, so it is very possible that he wants to return to Zhongzhou alone.

It's not a big deal if only Wu Er ran away, but if the news gets out to other rogue cultivators, even more people will probably run away, since rogue cultivators don't want to die here.

Therefore, in order to prevent Wu Er from escaping, two junior disciples were sent to keep an eye on him.

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