I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 417: Survival

At this moment, Lin Qing had a thought while fleeing for his life. The attacks of this ancient elder were too peculiar. It seemed that he didn't like to use magical treasures, but instead relied on his physical body to kill. Lin Qing rarely encountered this kind of attack method, which was why they had no resistance at all. If they had used magical treasures, the five of them working together would not have suffered such a miserable defeat.

While escaping, Lin Qing headed east, while the people on the Cang Mountain headed west. They had an alliance, but gathering together now would only result in a quicker death. Lin Qing was fortunate that after the ancient elder killed Xiaoyaozi, he chased after the person on the Cang Mountain, giving him a bit of time.

But...

The mist that reappeared in this small valley seemed endless, and Lin Qing suddenly lost his way.

He didn't continue running down, knowing that he wouldn't be able to escape with just his legs. The mist was probably some kind of formation or restriction.

"Boom!"

Not far away, a loud noise rang out, and Lin Qing had a feeling of despair.

There was no need to say it. The person on the Cang Mountain had encountered an accident, and now only he was left out of the five of them. This so-called mission was not just a matter of life and death, it was a matter of certain death.

Thinking that he had lost his life because of a bottle of Three Yang Water, Lin Qing couldn't help but feel a bit resentful. But now, if he were given the chance to go back, he would probably still accept this mission given the circumstances at that time. This was also the helplessness of cultivators. If you wanted to continue cultivating and breaking through, you had to take risks. Otherwise, opportunities wouldn't come to you on their own.

And taking risks might not be a problem for a long time, but once a problem arose, everything would be over.

"Why aren't you running anymore?"

At this moment, the ancient elder had already arrived in front of Lin Qing and looked at him with interest.

Lin Qing looked up at him. Of course, he wouldn't beg for mercy now. That would probably only make the ancient elder more excited. Lin Qing silently took out all of his magical treasures. Although he was no match, he would still die standing.

"Your magical treasures are quite extraordinary. Beads, bracelets, shields, mirrors... They all look like high-quality items. If it were an ordinary Gold Core cultivator, they probably wouldn't be your match. Even if it were an early Nascent Soul cultivator, exploding one or two items would be enough to escape. But unfortunately, you encountered me. No matter how strong your magical treasures are, they are powerless against me." The ancient elder's interest was piqued as he commented on Lin Qing's magical treasures.

"Go!"

Lin Qing immediately waved his hand, and the Thousand Shield flew forward. At this moment, whether he defended or not wouldn't make a difference.

Seeing the Thousand Shield flying towards him, the ancient elder's mouth curved, and then he threw a punch.

"Boom!"

This punch was enough to withstand the attack of a late Gold Core cultivator, and it actually punched a hole in the Thousand Shield. The shield lost all its spirituality and instantly became useless.

"You're not an ancient elder. Who are you exactly, and why do you have such peculiar attack methods?" Lin Qing couldn't help but ask persistently.

"Me? You don't need to know." The ancient elder still refused to tell him who he was. Looking at Lin Qing, he said, "Use all your means. I'm in a good mood."

"Go!"

Lin Qing commanded the Shanshui Pearl to transform into more than ten water-shaped magical tools and flew towards the ancient elder's residual shadow.

"Bang bang bang bang!!!"

Under the shadow of these water-transformed magical tools, they all exploded.

"Your pearl treasure is not bad. It can produce many small magical tools, which seem to have a slight restraining effect on demonic energy. It seems that something has been added to it. Unfortunately, it is still not enough for me." After shattering many water-transformed magical tools, the ancient elder commented on Lin Qing's Shanshui Pearl.

"Why aren't you willing to surrender?"

The ancient elder's expression changed suddenly. He was still interested a moment ago, but now he looked at Lin Qing with a dark expression.

"You have lived longer than those few people. It's time to send you on your way."

Upon hearing the ancient elder say this, Lin Qing didn't have time to use the Vajra Bracelet, so he had to activate the Imprisoning Mirror. The white light from the mirror immediately shone on the ancient elder.

The ancient elder, confident in his cultivation, didn't even try to dodge.

The Imprisoning Mirror could imprison divine consciousness, but under Lin Qing's current cultivation, it could only imprison a peak Gold Core stage at most, and it couldn't last for long, let alone this Nascent Soul mid-stage ancient elder.

However, strangely enough, when the Imprisoning Mirror shone on the ancient elder's face, the ancient elder suddenly paused, as if something had happened, and stopped in place.

Seeing this, Lin Qing didn't dare to stop and continued to activate the Imprisoning Mirror.

Faintly, a faint demonic shadow appeared on the ancient elder's face. This demonic shadow had two horns on its head. After it appeared, it looked at Lin Qing with a malicious gaze. But soon, this demonic shadow was suppressed, leaving only the ancient elder's face.

"Kid, if you want to stay alive, don't stop!"

Suddenly, the ancient elder spoke to Lin Qing, his voice completely different from before.

Although Lin Qing didn't know what had happened, he didn't dare to stop. He immediately increased his spiritual power. For a while, the demonic shadow on the ancient elder's face appeared and disappeared, looking extremely terrifying.

In this way, Lin Qing continued to activate the Imprisoning Mirror, continuously for two hours. In the end, he even resorted to taking the pills originally meant for trade to restore his spiritual power.

Under his continuous activation, after two hours, the time the demonic shadow appeared on the ancient elder's face became shorter and shorter. In the end, it seemed to have completely disappeared.

"But, Senior Gu?"

It was already three hours later. Lin Qing looked at the ancient elder sitting cross-legged on the ground and asked cautiously.

After the demonic shadow disappeared from his face, the ancient elder immediately sat down and began to meditate and recover. Naturally, Lin Qing retracted the Imprisoning Mirror. Now that he saw the ancient elder seemed to have recovered, he asked.

The ancient elder looked at Lin Qing and nodded slightly, "Yes, it's me. Thanks to you this time, otherwise, if I had to wait another half a year, that demon would have successfully possessed me."

"Possessed?" Lin Qing was a little confused.

At this moment, he asked again, "I wonder what happened to Senior Gu?"

Hearing Lin Qing's question, the ancient elder, who had regained control of his body, was in a good mood. He explained, "This matter is actually quite simple. I am an elder of the Duobao Trading Company, which you must have heard of. Three years ago, I came to the Tongling Mountain to find a spiritual medicine. I found the medicine successfully, but unexpectedly, there was a rare spatial crack next to the medicine. It seems that the crack had existed for a long time. Out of curiosity, I approached to take a look, but I didn't expect that a demon from the Demon Realm happened to come out of the crack and then entered my mind. He wanted to control me, but I resisted with all my might. This demon was probably an extremely powerful existence, but his strength was greatly reduced after passing through the spatial crack. I persisted until today."

"It's strange. I also don't understand why that demon didn't leave the Tongling Mountain and instead avoided the cultivators of the Duobao Trading Company. Perhaps he was afraid of being controlled by the Life Jade Talisman. But if you hadn't come this time, that demon would have cultivated for some more time, and his strength would probably have increased to the late Nascent Soul stage. By then, not only would I not be able to hold on, but that demon would probably leave the Tongling Mountain and cause a great disaster."

(End of this chapter)