Seeking Immortality In The Cultivation World

"Junior Brother Sun, you're worrying too much. The Vermilion Bird City would never send out nearly half of their Nascent Soul elders, and those people from the Five Great Sects may not necessarily be able to fight against them with all their might!

In this battle, as long as we can survive until the end, we will be the true masters of this land. We can even divide a large amount of land and population from the territories of Da Zhou and Great Xia, and establish our own immortal kingdom!"

Another voice said, "Senior Brother Wang is right. To the west of Great Xia is Da Zhou, to the north is the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, and to the west is the archenemy Da Liang, only the southern 'Tranquil Sea' remains calm temporarily due to the aquatic beings' inability to live on land. Chu Xianxiong wouldn't dare to use all the resources of the Purple Cloud Sect here."

This voice belonged to Qian Qingquan, the owner of the Qian family's old shop!

Then Senior Brother Wang's voice resounded again,

"Hmph, Chu Xianxiong destroyed the ancestral heritage of the Wei family decades ago in order to smoothly ascend to the position of sect master, causing Wei Laozu to lose control over the Vermilion Bird Mountain and be exiled to the Thousand Despair Mountains. He even framed it as the doing of Da Liang..."

He sneered,

"But little did he know, the old ancestor had long known the truth and was just biding his time. By entering the secret realm to save those independent cultivators, the old ancestor will undoubtedly gain the support of hundreds of thousands of independent cultivators from the four major markets. In this battle, our chances of victory are extremely high!"

"That's right, the old ancestor has shown us great kindness by rebuilding us. His vendetta is our vendetta. Putting aside everything else, it's indeed time to settle the score with the Vermilion Bird City!"

The crowd outside began to get excited, their united hatred and resentment evident in their words.

Lin Xiu listened carefully in the tree hole, feeling shocked.

This Wei Qianqiu was indeed meticulous in his thinking.

The disciples who stayed here to guard the gate must be his core disciples, yet he still didn't reveal the secret of using the secret realm to sacrifice tens of thousands of independent cultivators' lives to refine the magic sword.

Moreover, the fact that the family had been slaughtered to the last person and still managed to endure for decades showed their terrifying mental strength.

However, did Wei Qianqiu go through all this trouble just for the sake of family grudges and establishing a new sect?

Lin Xiu had a vague feeling that there was a deeper meaning behind all this.

Wei Qianqiu had obviously informed his disciples about the method of expelling the abnormal spiritual energy, and after a brief commotion, the unfortunate guy who fell for it didn't die.

Unfortunately, he couldn't see the process and felt somewhat regretful.

That thing was very strange. Although he already knew how to guard against it, it would be dangerous if it accidentally entered his body.

Afterwards, the conversation among these people mostly revolved around how to counter the Vermilion Bird City, but Lin Xiu had no interest in it.

He waited until late at night when it was pitch black before sneaking out of the tree hole and moving towards the nearby flying boat with his short legs.

This flying boat was extremely luxurious, reaching a length of over twenty zhang. It was clearly Wei Qianqiu's.

The characteristic of "Size as Desired" was evident at this moment.

Like a hamster, he avoided the sight of two Purple Cloud Sect disciples under the boat and quickly climbed onto the deck, sneaking into the cabin.

He didn't choose to go upstairs, but went directly into the lower deck.

As soon as Lin Xiu entered the cabin, his attention was immediately drawn to the complex array formations inside.

More precisely, he was attracted by the spirit stones used to power the flying boat.

"How many high-grade spirit stones are needed for this!"

A huge floating array at the bottom of the cabin was shining brightly, with a spirit stone embedded at every connection point of the array.

This was the engine room of the entire flying boat.

He resisted the urge to pry them off and turned around the floating array. Many cushions appeared on the ground in front of him.

It seemed to be the resting place for the Purple Cloud Sect disciples. Although there was no one at the moment, it was definitely not a place to stay for long.

Just as he was about to find another place, a loud noise came from above.

His body returned to normal.

"Size as Desired" also consumed his cultivation base, and it finally couldn't hold on any longer.

And because his body quickly grew larger, the piece of cloth tied around his waist immediately lost its effect, leaving him completely naked.

"Damn it!"

What's even more unfortunate was that footsteps could be heard on the deck, as if someone had come down to the bottom deck.

Trash!

Just when he didn't know where to hide, he suddenly felt a looseness under his feet, and a hidden door appeared on the ground.

Without thinking, Lin Xiu immediately went in.

The space hidden beneath the cabin was pitch black, but he could feel countless auras.

"Night vision!"

His eyes flashed with a green light, and the skill of his two-star [Green Pupil] was activated. With just a glance, Lin Xiu was stunned by everything in front of him.

The space, as tall as a person, was filled with people.

They were all hanging upside down like tied-up rice dumplings, resembling bats.

Their bodies were similar to his, almost naked, with withered and dull skin that was almost identical to when Lin Xiu was trapped in a tree hole with Ji Ning.

Righteous path?

Hmph!

Obviously, this was where Wei Qianqiu practiced demonic techniques, and these half-dead people were used for cultivation.

He originally thought that the upper level was Wei Qianqiu's residence, but it turned out to be even more dangerous here.

Holding his breath, Lin Xiu moved through the "human forest". These people had no reaction at all. They should have been affected by some kind of environment-related spell. Even in their skull-like faces, he could see that they were smiling.

A kind of extreme satisfaction, as if they had entered the immortal realm.

But in Lin Xiu's eyes, it was sinister and terrifying.

Desire drove people crazy, but it also made them lose their true selves. The path of cultivation was littered with corpses, and it was difficult to guarantee that he wouldn't be the next one.

After circling around here, he didn't find a second exit.

But it seemed that this place was forbidden, and the people above only stayed for a while before leaving.

Lin Xiu thought for a moment.

At this time, Wei Qianqiu was slaughtering independent cultivators in the secret realm, so he shouldn't be back so soon.

It should be temporarily safe here.

He sat cross-legged and began to restore his cultivation.

But he didn't dare to continue for too long. When he felt that the spiritual energy in his body could support him for a while, he immediately stood up.

"Ouch!"

Accidentally bumping into one of the "bats" above, the person's body swung a few times and a book fell down.

He picked it up and took a look.

"The Five Elements Palm Scripture"?

Seems like he has seen it somewhere before.

Hmm, another book that can be sold for money.

He put it into the storage ring on his finger. Feeling that there was no one on the upper level, he pushed open the hidden door and entered the control room of the flying ship.

Through the sunlight shining in from above, it should be dawn.

"Size-changing Technique"!

Once again, he shrank his body, stopped the circulation of spiritual energy in his meridians, and carefully came to the deck.

There were still two guards under the flying ship, and in the distance, there were a large number of Purple Cloud Sect disciples gathered at the mirror-like entrance.

He just wanted to hitch a ride, why was it so difficult?

Such a large flying ship, it seemed that there was no place to hide.

He looked up at the three-story ship building and had an idea.

Since the secret cultivation place of Wei Qianqiu was below the cabin, didn't that mean it was safer above?

Thinking of this, he slipped up the ship's side like a mouse.