Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 197: Formation Upgrade, Mastery of the Third Realm! (Major Chapter)

Zhong Cang's mindset instantly changed when he realized that the secret realm of Mount Wutai was related to his own path. He went from being carefree and casual to becoming decisive and sharp.

That night, Xiang Ling returned to the Guangfu Society.

Her return caused many people's gazes to become strange.

Xiang Ling knew the reason behind the change in everyone's gaze... The only ones Zhong Cang considered as the direct line of the sect were the several stewards he had brought along and the old madam Hua Xiang.

During their last operation, Zhong Cang still had some rationality left. Because of this, he didn't make a big fuss. Instead, he secretly sent six stewards to contact Hua Xiang and contaminated her with the Heavenly Heart talisman.

As a result, only these few people knew that Xiang Ling had married into the direct line of the sect. The rest of the people believed that she had married a master of talismans.

Although the latter was not weak and could be considered on par with ordinary cultivation families, or even slightly superior, one must remember that Xiang Ling used to be a concubine.

How could people's gazes not be strange when a cultivator with Foundation Building talent went to become someone's concubine?

Among them, the most peculiar one was her old rival, Xin Rou.

The moment Xiang Ling arrived, Xin Rou immediately started mocking her.

"Oh, isn't this the wife of our master of talismans? How come you have the time to come to our Guangfu Society... Oh, wait, I forgot, concubines don't have the qualifications to be called wives, hehe..."

"Move aside."

Busy with important matters, Xiang Ling didn't have time to argue with Xin Rou. However, Xin Rou didn't want to let her off.

"Hmph, you slut, how dare you show me your face? Do you still think you're the pure and noble fairy from before? Believe it or not, I'll directly marry your husband and let him reward you to the servants."

"Just you..."

Xiang Ling didn't say the rest of her words, but the disdain that didn't deserve to be mentioned was clearly revealed in her eyes.

This made Xin Rou explode with anger and she wanted to attack directly.

—This wasn't her being reckless, but she believed that both of them were relying on their beauty to attract the young members of the Guangfu Society.

Now that Xiang Ling had become someone else's concubine, she had undoubtedly fallen and would no longer have the support of the society. On the contrary, Xin Rou had gained more admirers.

Because of this, if she took action, there would definitely be a large group of people helping her defeat Xiang Ling.

And the two of them were direct competitors. If Xin Rou defeated Xiang Ling, she would be able to obtain the position of Chief of Intelligence, which would be of great importance to her Guangfu family.

Therefore, her actions were not reckless, but rather carefully considered.

However, she had a beautiful vision in mind.

But just as she was about to strike, "Boom!" "Boom!" Two surging forces suddenly rose in the cave, and then two young men launched a full-scale attack.

However, the people they were attacking were not Xiang Ling as Xin Rou had expected, but Xin Rou herself.

"?!?!"

The sudden attack startled Xin Rou.

In a state of panic, she struggled to defend herself for a while, and with the help of a group of lackeys, she emerged unscathed.

However, looking at the two young men who were attacking her, she was filled with anger.

"Cheng Fu, Gao Qiang, you two have gone crazy. Why are you helping that self-degrading bitch..."

"Boom..."

As she spoke, seeing the two men's determination to fight to the death, Xin Rou immediately shut her mouth.

Although there were only two people on Xiang Ling's side, they had just risked their lives, while on her side, there were more people, but they were just lackeys.

These lackeys were willing to flatter her, even contribute some wealth, but asking them to die for her - Xin Rou knew very well that she only had some looks, not to the extent of being a beauty that could ruin a country.

So, in the battle just now, the side with fewer people actually had the upper hand.

This was a situation that Xin Rou had never expected, and at the same time, she was somewhat puzzled... She didn't understand why Xiang Ling's lackeys, who were similar to the young people around her before, were not willing to fight to the death.

Why did Xiang Ling become someone's mistress, and those two lackeys suddenly became extremely loyal?

"It can't be that they both like married women."

Shaking off the nonsensical thought, soon, a thought that made Xin Rou's eyes narrow appeared in her mind.

"Could it be because of Xiang Ling's husband... Cheng Fu, Gao Qiang, they witnessed the power of that talisman master, saw the hope of restoring the family, and completely surrendered to him?"

Once this thought emerged, it deeply rooted itself in Xin Rou's mind.

This was not Zhong Cang's influence with his gray mist, but Xin Rou's rational deduction. She realized that if it were an ordinary talisman master, Xiang Ling, who was shrewd and had reached the eighth level of Qi Refining, would never have gone to become someone's mistress.

After all, Xin Rou was quite familiar with her as an opponent.

Therefore, there must be some unknown circumstances in this situation.

And if Zhong Cang was powerful, then Xiang Ling becoming someone's mistress would make sense.

After sorting things out, it was discovered that when Xiang Ling couldn't defeat Xing Rou with a single blow, Xing Rou snorted coldly and left the place with a twist of her waist.

...

After Xing Rou left with a twist of her waist, Xiang Ling didn't give these two a good face.

One reason was to avoid suspicion, after all, she had become Zhong Cang's concubine, so she couldn't casually interact with other men.

The other reason was annoyance.

"These two, they definitely know about Zhong Cang... my husband's strength, but they didn't tell me anything, causing me to be tormented all night..."

Thinking about the events of last night, Xiang Ling's whole body felt numb, and she felt even more shy.

...

The confrontation between Xing Rou and Xiang Ling caused a stir in the cave.

But because no one was injured, the commotion was not significant.

However, after experiencing this, the group of people who had looked down on Xiang Ling no longer despised her.

In this way, under the protection of Cheng Fu and Gao Qiang, she entered the conference room and participated in the planning and customization of the next plan.

There's nothing much to say about the specific content, it's just about seizing the Five Spirit Tokens from medium-sized families, small families, and Independent Cultivators.

It's easy to understand why they want to seize tokens from medium-sized forces, as the main purpose of the major sects supporting the Restoration Society is for this scene.

As for seizing tokens from small families and Independent Cultivator forces, it was a decision made by the Restoration Society themselves.

...Although they claim to be restoring the family, and they have conflicts with medium-sized families, these people are not good people.

They fight and seize to become superior beings again, not to overthrow the ruling class and benefit the lower-level Independent Cultivators.

However, when choosing the targets to seize, the members of the Restoration Society were all troubled.

Anyone who still holds a Five Spirit Token at this point, whether they are the direct descendants of medium-sized forces or Independent Cultivators, is not simple.

And seizing the tokens is equivalent to creating enemies, it will be a fight to the death, people will die.

So, they were cautious in choosing their targets.

But no matter how cautious they were, no one proposed the option to withdraw.

They knew very well that if they wanted to restore the family, they needed to fight and seize.

Once the targets were chosen, the distribution of the tokens became intense, even more intense than the previous conflicts.

In fact, some members of the Restoration Society even fought in the conference room for a spot.

This was not surprising, as most of the people in the Restoration Society were fallen members of cultivation families. They gathered together to restore the family and avoid the attacks of medium-sized forces.

However, the Restoration Society needed a lot of resources.

Because of this, they were not only collaborators but also competitors.

Previously, in this final stage, Xiang Ling would tear her face and fight hard for her own share of benefits.

But now, she was relaxed.

According to Zhong Cang's orders, she didn't need to compete for the tokens, she just needed to know who had them.

Therefore, as she sat in the conference room, she had a relaxed and natural feeling of watching flowers bloom and clouds roll by.

This relaxed scene was also noticed by Xing Rou.

"She's not competing with me anymore... could it be that she really climbed onto a big thigh?"

To be honest, Xing Rou envied Xiang Ling's ease.

As a young girl, she also wanted to maintain a ladylike style.

Unfortunately, whether it was for herself or for the family, she couldn't do it.

...

The competition for spots was not over in one go. In the following time, the members of the Restoration Society had to both seize tokens from medium-sized and small forces and argue in the conference room.

This argument would continue until the opening of the Wutai Mountain Secret Realm.

After the first argument, the members of the Restoration Society took action - preparing for the looting operation.

At the same time, after Xiang Ling passed on the information to Zhong Cang, she followed suit.

Of course, she had no intention of participating in the battle, she just wanted to observe.

The other members of the Restoration Society didn't mind this.

They couldn't mind it, as a force supported by the major sects, there were countless spies within the Restoration Society.

There were those sent by the major sects to supervise, those sent by medium-sized forces to cause trouble, and even members of the Restoration Society who were rebuilding their families would send spies to maintain contact with the Restoration Society.

With so many spies, one more Xiang Ling didn't make much of a difference.

......

In the dark of the night, when murder and arson occur.

Although the members of the Restoration Society can barely be considered a prominent dark force due to the support of the major factions, in order to maintain a good image, they also choose to act at night.

Outside the Tianyun Xiancheng, a brothel filled with singing and dancing, members of the Restoration Society are hiding everywhere.

Xinrou and Xiangling, who are not combatants, have gathered together again.

And this time, in addition to the two of them, there is also a gentle young woman sitting at the main seat in the room.

Ignoring the cold scene of the two girls confronting each other, the young woman glanced at the distant brothel and suddenly spoke, "Do you think we can succeed in this operation?"

Xiangling, who was busy with Zhong Cang's affairs and had slowed down in gathering intelligence, didn't know how to answer.

It was Xinrou who anxiously spoke up quickly, "It's difficult. I have investigated. The young master Di we are ambushing is at the mid-stage of Foundation Building, and he is also the legitimate son of a medium-sized family. He has several Foundation Building guards by his side. They are not weak."

After speaking, Xiangling asked in confusion, "Why do we have to deal with him? There are easier targets for us, right?"

Upon hearing this question, the young woman did not immediately answer, but looked at Xiangling, hoping to hear her opinion.

Unfortunately, Xiangling used to be eager to perform, but now she has no more demands on the Restoration Society.

This scene also made the young woman realize it and shook her head. She said, "Our goal of obtaining the Five Spirit Tokens is not just for personal gain, but also because of the pressure from above."

"The major factions do not want the young master of the Di family to enter Wutai Mountain and further increase his strength. So we came, even if he is powerful, we have no choice but to come."

"..."

Feeling helpless, Xinrou opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

Just as she was speechless, a loud noise came from a distance, and the battle began.

"Hand over the Five Spirit Tokens!"

"Who are you?"

"Daring to attack our young master."

"Kill..."

A battle between Foundation Building cultivators erupted in the distance.

The members in the room, including Xinrou, were all nervously watching this battle.

Xiangling was also the same.

She knew that her husband was interested in the secret realm and it was inevitable for him to enter it. However, she didn't expect herself to be able to snatch the Five Spirit Tokens. Therefore, he would have to take action himself and seize the tokens from the struggle between the two sides.

She naturally felt nervous about Zhong Cang's possible failure.

"It should be fine. Lord Husband is the direct descendant of a major faction..."

"No, even if he can't snatch it, he's still young. His real power will come in the future."

Xiangling was afraid of Zhong Cang's failure, not just a momentary failure... She was even more afraid of Zhong Cang's weakness.

In order not to be disappointed by Zhong Cang's failure, she deliberately found a reason for Zhong Cang in advance.

It can only be said that Xiangling underestimated the power of the direct descendant of a major faction and underestimated Zhong Cang.

...

Just as Xiangling anxiously waited, at a certain moment, her expression suddenly became tense... Through the trembling of the flying sword bestowed by Zhong Cang, she sensed Zhong Cang's arrival.

Although, after a moment, this emotion was concealed by Xiangling, but in just that short moment, the young woman, Gu Yuning, the intelligence chief of the Restoration Society, noticed it.

"Has Xiangling's husband arrived? To be able to make Xiangling become a concubine, I wonder how powerful he really is."

With curiosity in her heart, Gu Yuning also began to pay attention to this battle.

At the same time, she was also curious whether Xiangling's unknown husband could snatch the tokens from the two factions... No, with the outbreak of the great battle between the Restoration Society and the Di family, many forces in the city have been alarmed.

Therefore, there are definitely more than just the two present here who are spying.

This made Gu Yuning even more curious.

She wanted to know if Xiangling's husband could snatch the tokens from this group of wolves.

However, soon, she abandoned this idea.

"There are too many people, and they are powerful. Letting him snatch the tokens would be putting him in a difficult situation... If I want to see, I should see if Xiangling's husband dares to take a more realistic approach."

"Let's see if I can find Xiangling's husband later."

...

Guangfu Intelligence Chief Gu Yuning was predicting Zhong Cang's actions while scanning the surroundings with great interest, hoping to find Xiang Ling's husband.

However, her boldest prediction was that Zhong Cang would suddenly appear and snatch the Five Spirit Tokens.

But Zhong Cang's ambition went beyond that.

"Am I late?"

Looking at the intense battles of several Foundation Building cultivators, Zhong Cang knew that he was a step behind.

It wasn't because he wanted to have some fun. When it came to matters of the Dao, Zhong Cang's actions had always been decisive and fierce.

The reason for his delay was that he had advanced in his cultivation technique.

By constantly interacting with the inscriptions left by the Array Master, he had gained countless knowledge. Zhong Cang's proficiency in array formations had also been steadily improving.

By today, Zhong Cang's array formation realm had directly reached the level of Mastery in the Third Realm, a level that could be called a master of array formations by a Human Venerable.

[Array Formation, Mastery in the Third Realm (1/1,080,000), Specialties: Five Element Array Formation (Mastery), Spatial Array Formation: Five Spirit Transportation, Five Spirit Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram (Suppression), Five Spirit Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram (Reversal)]

(Evaluation: You are already a qualified array master, specializing in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, able to arrange various attribute-based Five Element Array Formations according to the situation. You also have a certain understanding of spatial laws. If the Five Spirits work together, you can transport and exchange things from a distance, reinforce space with the Five Spirits, solidify space, and imprison others. You can also influence people's senses, causing the reversal of heaven and earth and the confusion of space. Note: The last ability involves an unknown power.)

The above is Zhong Cang's situation after advancing.

Just like when advancing in other cultivation techniques, Zhong Cang had also gained a moment of enlightenment in his array formation cultivation.

Perhaps it was because he had been opening the Heavenly Heart to comprehend the laws of space every day during this period, Zhong Cang had comprehended three spatial array formations in one go during this enlightenment.

As for his mastery of the Five Element Array Formation, it came from the inscriptions left by that array master.

Overall, Zhong Cang was quite satisfied with this advancement, except for the proficiency required to advance to the Grandmaster level.

One million and eighty thousand, this proficiency limit was higher than that of an ordinary cultivation technique advancing to the Grandmaster level.

But considering the status of the Array Master Old Qin, even a Gold Core cultivator, it was necessary to treat it with caution. It was normal for it to have such a high proficiency requirement.

There was also the evaluation. This was not an upgrade of the attribute panel, but something Zhong Cang wrote for fun when he was feeling excited.

...

Because of his advancement, Zhong Cang arrived a step late and missed the start of the battle between the two sides.

Fortunately, the Five Spirit Tokens were still in the hands of the Di family and had not been snatched away.

Although Zhong Cang did not come this time just for the Five Spirit Tokens.

"If it's just a token, I can get it anytime I want. I also have some confidence that I can snatch one of the five Innate Law Treasures from the Wutai Mountain Secret Realm."

"But this time, I won't be satisfied with just one Law Treasure in the Wutai Mountain Secret Realm..."

Thinking like this, watching the intense battle of the crowd, and a group of old and sinister people lurking around, Zhong Cang did not hesitate and took a step forward.

"Boom..."

As Zhong Cang took a step, the Five Spirit Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram was instantly unfolded, and a majestic and vast pressure descended from the sky.

This pressure indiscriminately enveloped the Guangfu Society, the Di family, and the hidden cultivators in the surroundings, dealing a non-discriminatory blow to all of them.

"Boom!"

"Who?"

The majestic might of heaven and earth shocked everyone, and the chaotic battlefield fell silent for a moment.

Some cultivators even mistook this might of heaven and earth for the action of a Gold Core cultivator.

"Hiss... This feeling, Gold Core!"

"Could it be that a Gold Core cultivator has made a move?"

This speculation made many people gasp in surprise.

Fortunately, someone quickly realized that something was amiss.

"Wait, this is not the might of a Gold Core cultivator. The intent of a Gold Core cultivator is even stronger."

"But this is not weak either, and the range is so large."

"Could it be a False Core cultivator?"

Many people were shocked by Zhong Cang's display. Even Gu Yuning, Xiang Ling, and others nearby noticed it.

Even Gu Yuning, who was in the room, found it difficult to breathe due to the pressure from heaven and earth.

Xiang Ling's face also showed shock, but soon, her shock turned into wild joy.

This change made Gu Yuning's heart tighten.

"The one who made this move, could it be Xiang Ling's husband? It can't be..."

(End of this chapter)