There were different categories for each type of maker which would denote either a location of interest, cultivator, spirit beast, resource, formations, data node, etc. Lin Wu scrolled through them and saw that most of the cultivators were concentrated around the sect as was expected.

Though there were a few markers for spirit beasts in the Frozen Cloud Sect as well. Two of these markers were what caught his attention, particularly as they were the highest ranked.

"Adult stage Nascent Soul realm beasts, huh?" Lin Wu muttered to himself.

He saw their location, which was deep within the Frozen cloud sect. Thankfully, he had the map or it would have been a surprise to him. Lin Wu couldn't estimate how strong these beasts would be or what kind they were, but he reckoned they should be slightly below the Twin Lights Liger king.

Though he could be wrong and he would just have to see it himself.

"I'll have to be careful about those two. If they are tamed beasts or perhaps the guardian beasts of the sect, they may be able to sense me even if the other cultivators cannot." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

But in addition to these Lin Wu saw many more strong cultivators.

"System show me the Nascent Souls realm and Dao Shell realm cultivators." Lin Wu said.

~Ding~

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MARKER TYPE: Cultivators

1. Dao Shell realm cultivators: 10

2. Nascent Soul realm cultivators: 52

3. Unknown: 2

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Seeing the large number of high level cultivators, Lin Wu was shocked.

"Hang on a minute… didn't the records say they are a mid level sect? There's no way this is a mid level sect. They got way too many powerful people.

And what's up with the two unknowns, system?" Lin Wu said,

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The two unknown cultivators cannot be scanned by the system from here. They are under the protection of formation arrays.

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Lin Wu scrolled on the map and found the location of the two unknown cultivators. One of them was located deep inside a mountain peak while the other one was in a building on top of the tallest peak of the sect.

"Hmm… seeing the one that's hiding deep within the peak, that guy should be an ancestor, maybe? And the second one should be… a grand elder, perhaps?" Lin Wu guessed.

From the records that Lin Wu had seen, the Frozen Cloud Sect officially had 6 Dao Shell realm cultivators. One of them was the patriarch of the sect, while the rest were high elders. He didn't know who the other four were, but he assumed that they must be some secret elders as well.

As for the Nascent Soul realm cultivators, Lin Wu knew those disciples that reached the adolescent stage or the adult stages of the nascent soul realm would be made into elders as well. But these would be the normal elders of the sect that taught others.

As for the core disciples, the number often changed, but the last recorded number was of twenty core disciples.

~phew~

"Man, this is gonna be much harder and risky than I thought." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

Thinking over all aspects of the plan, Lin Wu realized he would have to change a few parts. But another thing that bugged him was that perhaps the Frozen Cloud Sect was much stronger than it was recorded.

"They must have intentionally avoided their rank being upgraded. High Rank sects are those that have eight or more Dao shell realm cultivators while those that gain a Dao treading realm cultivator instantly become a top rank sect.

Those two unknown ones may be Dao Treading realm cultivators…" Lin Wu hypothesized.

Seeing the overall complexity of the matter, Lin Wu decided to verify all the points of his plan multiple times before progressing.

"The key to this would be the formations. As long as I have control over them or just make them not detect me, I'll be fine." Lin Wu reckoned.

Having thought up all this, he proceeded to the border of the formation. The border was ten kilometers away and went all the way around the sect, forming a sphere. There was the biggest formation that Lin Wu had seen till now.

This one was not a barrier or protective formation though, rather it was a range extension formation that allowed the other formations that existed within it to function for longer ranges. It was similar to how the tomb of the Taiji Celestial was.

The formations worked in the tomb itself and Lin Wu would be able to move around in its range without any spirit Qi cost. But to go beyond that he would require spirit Qi.

But if it was just an extension formation Lin Wu would have been fine, but this formation combined a lot of them by the virtue of its function although they won't be active all the time. For example, an identity function.

While Lin Wu would be able to enter the territory of the sect without a problem for now, if anyone did an identity scan, he would be found out. The sect would usually do those scans at regular intervals throughout the day instead of having it continuously active, like the residences of the aristocrats.

This way the efficiency would still be high and they would not have to bear heavy costs either.

"Alright system, analyze and create a virtual interface." Lin Wu ordered.

~Ding~

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TARGET SELECTED: Analyzing

ESTIMATED TIME OF ANALYSIS: 3 hours 45 minutes 21 seconds

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~Sigh~

Seeing the time needed for it, Lin Wu sighed again and just decided to cultivate. The time passed relatively quickly after that and the new notification appeared, which only made him sigh again.

~Ding~

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TARGET ANALYSIS: Completed

CREATING VISUAL INTERFACE: Time required- 6 hours 14 minutes 19 seconds…

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"Damn, if this keeps up I'll end up exhausting my time in the formations before I even enter…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.

Having no other choice, he continued cultivating until it was finally done.

~Ding~

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VIRTUAL INTERFACE ESTABLISHED: Range Extension Formation array

Function list: 217 Functions (please check the relevant window)

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