Seeking Immortality In The Cultivation World

"First-grade superior talisman masters: Yang Chaoping, Jiang Ping, Tang Hua, Ma Da, Zhao Xiaoxue..."

"First-grade superior puppet masters: Sui Wentong, Ji Liang, Zhang Zhaozhong..."

After Qian Qingquan finished reading these names, he closed the account book.

"To all the fellow Daoists mentioned above, Xiaoling Peak will open its Cave Mansion tomorrow. We await your arrival!"

After speaking, he glanced down.

"Three days later, the four major markets will close their shops and implement a curfew. Without permission from our sect, no one is allowed to step out of their houses!"

After finishing his words, he turned around and bowed to Wei Qianqiu and the others.

Wei Qianqiu and the others nodded and turned to leave.

They were heading towards another market.

All the independent cultivators couldn't help but feel relieved and wiped the sweat off their foreheads.

Being suppressed by so many powerful individuals for an hour felt like going through torture, and it was not easy to endure.

When Hong Jie turned to leave, she suddenly looked towards Lin Xiu's courtyard. The two of them exchanged a long-distance gaze, and a smile appeared on both of their faces.

Lin Xiu's name was not on the list.

It was estimated that when Hong Jie threw him into the entrance of the secret realm, everyone had already sentenced him to death in their hearts.

"Ning'er, Xue'er, Hong Jie, Father-in-law, and Wenren Qing, of course, there's also..."

Before launching a surprise attack on Wu Yifeng, Lin Xiu had already noticed several neighbors peeping from their homes.

He was already accustomed to the indifference and bystander mentality among cultivators and didn't hold any resentment.

However, he had the thought of killing them to keep them quiet.

But he quickly extinguished that thought.

Not to mention that he wasn't confident in breaking through their turtle shell-like defensive formation, one of them was even at the Foundation Building stage.

Even with Ji Ning temporarily providing him with the "Immortal Sealing Circle" for self-defense, the danger was still too high.

Not to mention the undercover spies from the Steward Hall hidden in the dark.

If he were mistaken for a bandit and captured, wouldn't he become the first batch of cannon fodder in the Immortal Battle?

It wasn't worth the risk.

He looked at his own defense formation, which was already broken and useless, and made up his mind.

"Xue'er, Wenren Junior Sister, it's no longer safe here. Follow me!"

The important figures of the Endless Pleasure Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect were busy deceiving the independent cultivators, and a curfew was about to be implemented when it got dark.

With this time difference, would they wait to be caught like turtles in a jar?

Li Yingxue naturally had no objections to this decision.

Wenren Qing also hoped that he would take her to escape to the mortal world or meet up with the Purple Cloud Sect in the Vermilion Bird Mountain. She followed closely behind.

When Li Yingxue walked out of the home she had lived in for nearly four years, she couldn't help but look back with nostalgia.

Memories flooded her mind, tinged with a hint of sadness.

Lin Xiu looked at the broken bodies of the Endless Pleasure Sect disciples in front of the courtyard and furrowed his brows slightly.

With a wave of his hand, he put all of them into a storage bag and threw it into the Pancang River.

No matter how skilled their tracking techniques were, this would still waste some of their time.

Perhaps it was these tiny gaps in time that would determine the life and death of the few of them.

Intimidated by the presence of numerous powerful figures just now, the road leading to Wangxiang Street was quiet. All the tenants were hiding in their defensive formations.

Lin Xiu transformed his appearance into that of a middle-aged cultivator, wearing a bamboo hat on his head.

He gave the mask from the Treasure Pavilion, which could conceal one's appearance, to Wenren Qing.

As for Li Yingxue,

she just needed to contract and hide her true essence.

No one would pay attention to the existence of an ordinary mortal woman.

Although Li Yingxue was curious about Lin Xiu's ability to change his appearance and physique, she still held back her questions.

In extraordinary times, it's best to ask fewer questions.

The once bustling commercial streets are now desolate.

The street vendors have already run back to their homes, and even the Qian Family's old shop is closed.

Only the transactions of the five major sects are still ongoing, but even they are struggling.

When passing by "Spring Night Tower," the gate is tightly shut.

With just a slight sense, Lin Xiu knows that the place is empty.

This Xianyin Pavilion is different from the Endless Pleasure Sect.

The latter is a sect, while Xianyin Pavilion is more accurately defined as a large brothel organization.

With the news spreading and the situation not looking good, it's common to grab one's belongings and run.

Lin Xiu clicks his tongue and secretly takes out the free token given to him by the old madam.

"I have enough cultivation, but I haven't truly experienced the skills of the girls yet. Am I leaving already?"

He turns back and looks at "Hehuan Pavilion."

Although the gate is also closed, several people have cast divination spells on them, but they quickly withdraw them.

He is currently wearing clothes he took from Lin He, which makes it convenient for him to move around. Everyone treats him as a mid-stage Qi Refining disciple of the Purple Cloud Sect.

As for how to deal with the inquiries from the Hall of Stewards.

At worst, he can directly admit that he didn't die and temporarily join the Purple Cloud Sect as a first-grade symbol master, then go to Xiaoling Peak.

If the Endless Pleasure Sect really finds out that he killed someone and comes to Qian Qingquan for him...

Then he can only pray that the Purple Cloud Sect values talent.

This is the worst-case scenario.

As Lin Xiu walks and calculates gains and losses, he unconsciously arrives at the bottom of the Treasure Pavilion, and his heart sinks.

The signboard of the Treasure Pavilion is missing, and the gate is wide open. Inside, the counters that used to be filled with various Law Weapons and elixirs are now empty, with no one in sight.

"What the hell, did they run away too?"

Lin Xiu's hands and feet turn cold, and he goes upstairs.

The same situation. The precious treasures, books on magic tools that once made him envious, and the valuable spiritual plants and utensils are all gone. The place is in chaos, as if it had been robbed.

Wen Renqing explains beside him,

"The Treasure Pavilion received instructions from the Vermilion Bird City branch half a month ago and has already left the Ten Great Markets. This situation should be the work of those bandits."

But Lin Xiu doesn't care about these things. Once he leaves in early spring, the loyal dog Gu Jinqi will inevitably follow. Who can he find to unlock the prohibition on the flying boat?

He anxiously paces back and forth in the quiet room where Chun Chun was originally drinking tea, and suddenly a person appears in his mind.

Fortunately, he kept the sound transmission talisman, so he has no choice but to use it.

Returning to the small hidden room on the first floor, he performs a complex spell with his hands and creates ripples on the wall inside.

After a day of nervousness, Lin Xiu's mood finally improves slightly.

It seems that the Treasure Pavilion left in a hurry. The formation in the auction hall has not been removed, so it is temporarily safe.

The auction hall is empty, with only dozens of pearls illuminating the area.

Wen Renqing also breathes a sigh of relief and relaxes his tone.

"Junior Brother Lin is wise. Only those with strong cultivation know how to enter and exit this place, and now those people are either in their respective sects or hiding at home. No one should come here in the short term."

Lin Xiu shakes his head and turns to Li Yingxue, saying, "Xue'er, go and destroy the small house outside. It would be best to find some large logs and stones to block it."

He didn't choose himself or Wen Renqing to do it, as that would inevitably leave a trace of spiritual energy and cause unnecessary trouble.

On the other hand, Li Yingxue's true essence is more concealed, and with the enhancement of the Phoenix Cry Sword, she can almost do it silently.

He wants to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining in the safest possible situation. This way, he can open Lin He's storage treasures, take out the flying boat, and study it.

At the same time,

Another thing that he almost forgot should also be able to be activated now.

Of course,

Before that, he needs to see the gains he obtained from risking his life for the past month.