Starting From A Fisherman To Cultivate Immortality And Live Forever

Chapter 84: Amidst the Chaos, Let's Draw a Card First

On a rarely visited river in the mountains near the Lin Yue Lake, an old man was sitting alone on the bank, fishing.

Although this old man was wearing a concealed aura artifact, the two mountain imps slowly swimming underwater were able to confirm, with their astonishing senses, that he was a cultivator at the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

The mountain imps laughed.

Although their main goal was to kill mortals on this trip, they wouldn't refuse the opportunity to hunt down one or two Qi Refining cultivators without much cost.

Coincidentally, they didn't think that a cultivator at the mid-stage of Qi Refining would come up with the idea of diving.

After all, they were late-stage demonic beasts, with reconnaissance abilities far surpassing those of cultivators at the same level. As long as they maintained the right distance and had the advantage of being underwater, it was impossible for them to be discovered in advance!

Ambush! Two against one! Late-stage cultivation against mid-stage cultivation!

With such a huge advantage, how could they lose!

When the distance was less than a hundred meters, the mountain imps suddenly stopped their movements, afraid that they would be noticed if they got any closer.

Then, the two mountain imps bent their legs in unison and suddenly stomped on the riverbed, creating a large pit, while their bodies shot out of the water like guided missiles, rushing towards the riverbank.

As soon as they made a move, the mountain imps used all their strength.

They didn't plan to let the old man fishing notice their presence and escape.

Little did they know that when they stopped, Su Ping had already detected them with the help of the detection talent of his spirit mice, Little White and Little Grey!

Splash!

A deafening sound of water bursting open came from the surface of the river.

Two mountain imps, each over three meters tall, suddenly emerged from the water in front of the old man fishing.

In that instant, the slightly larger mountain imp suddenly realized that something was wrong!

The old man fishing remained calm, and his spiritual energy fluctuation did not become chaotic.

Instead, he swiftly picked up the black iron rod that even their eyes couldn't keep up with, and aimed it at the head of the smaller mountain imp that was pouncing towards him.

Bang!

Su Ping fired his gun with one hand, blowing off the head of the smaller mountain imp, which was less than half a meter away from his muzzle.

At the same time, Su Ping shook his other hand, and more than ten Thunderfire Beads were thrown out.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The larger mountain imp instinctively curled up its limbs and covered its face, feeling an excruciating pain all over its body.

Fortunately, only its fur was damaged. Just as it thought it was nothing serious, it suddenly saw a familiar body flying out and falling into the water.

This mountain imp, still in mid-air, turned around in surprise and saw its companion's body, which had already lost its head, falling onto the river surface, creating a new splash of water!

"No!"

Realizing it was not good!

The mountain demon roared angrily, a strong will to survive flashing in its eyes, just about to activate the secret bloodline technique within its body!

A sharp pain accompanied by a loud sound!

The mountain demon saw its arms, which were blocking in front of it, pierced through by a hard object, breaking them!

Then, this hard object tore through its chest's tough skin, after a large amount of muscle tissue, it broke one of its ribs before losing momentum and stopping.

Puff!

A large amount of fresh blood overflowed from the mountain demon's mouth and nose.

The interrupted secret technique caused it to suffer severe backlash.

It no longer had any room to resist.

But it was shot again, and after its head exploded.

Only then did the old man blowing the fishing pipe blow on the gun barrel, stopping the attack.

"Although it's a bit regrettable that I didn't get to try a direct hit, this is fine too."

"It's better to choose an easy method for things that can be easily resolved."

Su Ping summoned the spirit beasts Little White, Little Grey, and the Black Cat.

The four spirit beasts worked together, with Su Ping using his fishing line to bind them.

It took several tens of seconds before they finally reeled in the two headless mountain demons. This time, they saved the time of beheading and directly divided and packed them up to take away.

Su Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Leaving without leaving any trace of fame or profit, he returned to the Lin Yue Manor contentedly.

Su Ping did not inform anyone that the problem with the demonic beasts had been resolved.

He only found the City Lord's Mansion and informed them that they had discovered a village ravaged by demonic beasts during their patrol.

This caused another commotion among them.

In half a day, several more caravans left the Golden Sparrow City.

It seemed that the Ji family had recognized Su Ping as the Inspector General.

Su Ping didn't say anything. Except for the first batch of families that left, no more people were arranged to evacuate.

Su Ping would not be without showing his loyalty to the Ji family. He accepted dozens of their family members to work in the Lin Yue Manor and informed others of his protective attitude towards the Ji family.

This also allowed the Ji family to gain a lot of fame and profit along with Su Ping's rising reputation.

Su Ping silently developed in a low-key manner, continuing with the previous process, inspecting the city's defenses and boosting morale.

He even made slight adjustments to the position of the crossbows on the city wall and moved the catapults one meter to the left.

By the way, this kind of micro-management on the battlefield is not something unscientific.

There have been many exceptional generals who directly commanded a specific squad in the front, and even cared about how a certain trench was arranged.

It's just that some micro-management experts predicted the enemy's predictions, while others were just inexperienced and loved to play around.

On the third day at noon, Su Ping quietly dealt with the demonic beasts.

Just as Su Ping finished handling the miscellaneous matters sent by the management and was about to return to the Pot Realm to cultivate, he suddenly felt a violent surge of spiritual energy coming from the sky.

Su Ping trembled slightly and immediately left the Lin Yue Manor, quickly arriving at the top of the nearest mountain peak.

Looking down from a high vantage point, Su Ping saw a golden fairy boat shining brightly in the sea of clouds, swaying and flying towards the northeast.

Behind the fairy boat, more than ten green giant birds continuously flew around and emitted green lights that struck the fairy boat.

After a few breaths of fighting like this...

Suddenly!

Dozens of golden flying swords flew out from the fairy boat and instantly collided with the green giant birds.

The green lights on the bodies of the green giant birds shattered in an instant, and the mournful screams when they fell from the sky even reached Su Ping on the mountaintop.

After a wave of golden flying swords erupted from the fairy boat, it did not continue to attack, but accelerated and took the opportunity to rush into the sea of clouds, disappearing from sight.

The green giant birds did not continue to pursue, but flew down and grabbed their injured or dead companions before leaving in the opposite direction.

"That fairy boat just now, seems to be the patrol envoy's fairy boat of that inner disciple who carries three swords on his back, right?"

"It seems that they were chasing after the demonic beasts but ended up being chased by the demonic beasts instead?"

"I always feel that the situation on the front line is not as simple as it seems."

Watching the green giant birds leave without venting his anger on the mortals around him, Su Ping loosened the storage bag holding the sniper rifle.

These green giant birds were basically powerful avian demonic beasts in the later stage of Qi Refining. Some of the larger ones even had the cultivation of Qi Refining Great Perfection. Judging from the green lights they emitted, they should possess a powerful innate ability.

"Innate ability!"

"Compared to spells that can be cast instantly, have greater power and consume less energy, it is also related to the subsequent Foundation Building and the path beyond."

"The Qi Refining Great Perfection with innate ability is different from the one without innate ability."

"It won't be long before I can reach the late stage of Qi Refining and Body Tempering."

"With the support of the Ten-Fold Annihilation Body, I can also prepare for what innate ability to learn."

"The sect doesn't offer many innate abilities to outer disciples. Perhaps in their eyes, we who eat mid-grade pills are not worthy of good things for Foundation Building?"

"So, if I want to obtain a good innate ability, I can try to find a way from the merit monument in the Great Golden Light Temple?"

Recently, when Su Ping had free time, he would also go to the temples around Jinque City to observe the sealed artifacts.

He even checked the status of the devout believers who had been praying for a long time.

But he didn't find anything unusual.

It seems that this is really a consensus reached by the cultivation world to counter the tide of evil energy, not seeking short-term benefits.

Su Ping returned to Jinque City and loudly proclaimed the mighty power of the sect's patrol envoy, who commanded the fairy boat and defeated the avian demonic beasts!

Suddenly, Jinque City regained its vitality, and many people, especially the common people, showed sincere smiles.

And then, a few more days passed, until Su Ping completed another round of fishing.

Fishing experience level has successfully been upgraded:

【Current fishing level: Level 4 (100/2000)】

There was another report from the Red Kite Immortal Sect.

The general meaning is that through the collective efforts and sacrifices of the sect's cultivators, the roaming demonic beasts in the mortal realm have been mostly eradicated.

However, all the supervisors must remain vigilant, especially in areas where the demonic beasts have wreaked havoc.

Some elders are worried that evil cultivators will join forces with the demonic beasts and take advantage of the chaos caused by the beasts to set up certain evil schemes.

"The elders have thought it through, but what about people?"

"During this period, the news I received was that more than ten major cities in this area and even an immortal boat have not come, and none of the outer disciples who went on missions have returned."

"Are we really relying on those scattered cultivators and warriors who have been frightened by the demonic beasts to search for traces of evil cultivators?"

After reading the report, Su Ping couldn't help but feel that it was becoming more and more unreliable.

He was more worried about the deeper meaning behind all this. Even if he knew about it, he still chose to sit back and watch. Was this intentional, or was the sect really unable to dispatch manpower and resources to deal with it?

The battle between the immortal boat and the avian demonic beasts last time might have been the greatest help the sect could provide to this mortal realm during this period...

"Let chaos reign. After the great chaos, maybe it will be a good thing for someone like me, who is lucky!"

"After the great chaos, there will be countless opportunities for immortality. After the disintegration, no one will pay attention to the outer disciples anymore."

"No one will notice my abnormalities anymore."

"Even after the rise of a new force, I might be suspected of being a disciple of an inner sect or a true transmission, or even a disguise of a disciple of a hidden expert, right?"

"After all, compared to this possibility, it seems even more unbelievable that a disciple who has cultivated Qi Refining to the third level in just twenty years can achieve Foundation Building in such a short time!"

Su Ping stood up from the Linyue Lake and hung the fish bag filled with grass carp on his back before heading back.

Outside the city, more and more caravans were converging towards the Golden Sparrow City.

These were the common people from the surrounding towns and even farther cities and towns. After experiencing the rampage of the demonic beasts, the rampant bandits, and even the appearance of evil spirits, they remembered the city where the compassionate immortal master mentioned by the storyteller was located.

They began to pack up their belongings and bring the most important food supplies as they headed towards the Golden Sparrow City.

To the point where the city lord who received the report was getting a headache, and his hair was turning white with worry.

Su Ping expressed that he could provide support other than cultivation resources.

After that, Su Ping returned to the Pot World, bathed, changed clothes, and washed his hands.

Su Ping looked at the 70 small green fish and 50 large green fish he caught while fishing.

He had a thought and chose to exchange them!

Su Ping received 320 fishing coins!

"After enduring for so long, this time with thirty consecutive draws, even if I have to rely on the pity timer, I should get a golden light!"

(End of this chapter)