At this moment, in the mountains twenty miles away from Yongcheng, Cao Jinchang was also standing with his hands on his hips, imitating Li Yu's words: "Those bastards will definitely say, 'I'm going to wipe out your entire Cao Gang,' when they see the coffin and banner we left in the yard! Tch! They don't even know where we are, yet they want to wipe out our entire family? Dream on!"

"So, Dad, your revenge plan is to hide in the mountains and wear them down?" Cao Xiaosi asked, sitting on the clod of earth next to him, cupping his face in his hands.

Cao Jinchang stiffened his neck, widened his eyes, and said, "What do you mean by hiding? This is called strategic retreat, this is tactic, do you understand?!"

I had someone investigate these past two days, and Black Purgatory is a colossal behemoth that is unfathomably deep and towering!

We've gotten ourselves into trouble with them because of your two brothers-in-law. If we really go up against them, they'll leave us with nothing but dust!

"Then let's just hide." Cao Xiaosi casually plucked a foxtail grass, took a bite, chewed it, spat it on the ground, and said, "Dad, why don't we go find my brother-in-law and the others? I feel like being with them is better than being here with the cat."

Cao Jinchang stiffened his neck again and said, "I don't know if staying with them is better. This world is so big, where can I find them!"

"Hey! What you're saying!" Cao Xiaosi stood up from the clod of dirt, patted his butt, and put on a smug and roguish air: "Dad, have you forgotten what your son is best at? Microscopic tracking! My nose is even more sensitive than a dog's! I can remember the smell of my two brothers-in-law. As long as they don't fall into the latrine, I can dig them out even if they're hiding three feet underground!"

Cao Jinchang: "..."

Does his son have a sharp tongue?

Falling into a cesspool?

Hidden three feet underground?

He was sure his two brothers-in-law wouldn't beat him to death if they heard this.

A day later, Cao Jinchang and Cao Xiaosi, along with several gang members, disguised themselves as beggars and returned to the north gate of Mangcheng in tattered clothes.

The soldiers guarding the city were puzzled to see these beggars loitering around outside the city gate, one of them even lying down and sniffing the ground.

Soldier A: "It's not even the time of winter famine yet, how can these little beggars be so hungry that they have to eat dirt?"

Soldier B: "They're probably refugees from elsewhere. The beggars in our Mangcheng are dressed much better than them."

Cao Jinchang was furious upon hearing this:

You're the one who's eating dirt! Your whole family is eating dirt!

Cao Xiaosi quickly pulled him back and whispered, "Dad, Dad! Calm down! Calm down! The important thing is to find our two brothers-in-law right now."

Cao Jinchang tried to overpower several of his gang members and Cao Xiaosi, but when he realized he couldn't, he gave up.

Led by Cao Xiaosi, the group headed towards the new city.

Deep in the Mangshan Mountains.

Ji Fengyao, Shang Xiye, and the others have had a very fruitful harvest these past few days, having already collected nearly 100,000 low-grade spirit stones and about 100 mid-grade spirit stones.

The mine was rich in spiritual energy. After several days of absorbing and resting, Ji Fengyao's cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of the Twelfth Rank, and she was only one step away from Foundation Establishment.

However, Ji Fengyao did not rush to establish her foundation. Instead, she stabilized her foundation while helping Shang Xiye steadily accumulate spiritual power. His cultivation level also improved to the mid-stage of the tenth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm.

Ji Fengming and Hei Xiao had already reached the peak of the tenth-order Great Perfection long ago; however, for the past two days, the two of them had been trying to compress the spiritual power in their bodies, gritting their teeth and resisting the urge to touch the threshold of Foundation Establishment, to see if they could step into the Legendary Realm like Ji Fengyao.

Ji Chenhai's cultivation level also skyrocketed, reaching the ninth level of the Spirit Gathering Realm!