bookbashuk 163. Chapter 163 Fellow Daoist Please Stay Tuned! (Two In One For Subscription)
163. Chapter 163 Fellow Daoist Please Stay Tuned! (Two In One For Subscription)
Chapter 163: Fellow Daoist, please stay! (Two-in-one subscription request)
Guarding the Immortal City, within the Inner City Inspection Office.
A female cultivator wearing a colorful Magical Robe closed her eyes and listened attentively to the whispers of the spiritual ghosts that ordinary cultivators couldn't perceive, relaying the intelligence they had gathered within the city during this period.
These pieces of intelligence, regardless of their size or importance, were recounted by the spiritual ghosts without omission.
Soon, the female cultivator's eyebrows twitched slightly as she singled out the Thousand Wonders Pavilion and the Great Golden Light Temple, sending a report to the subordinate in charge.
Before long, the subordinate found information about the White Crane True Immortal and submitted it.
"So, this White Crane True Immortal is actually a Rogue Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage!"
"Being able to enter the Immortal City rules out the possibility of being a Demonic Cultivator or a Devil Dao cultivator."
"The Thousand Wonders Pavilion hasn't provided us with more information, but it matches up with the sudden Closed Door Training of that old ox a few days ago."
"If he took action, there's a high probability that he's forging some rare high-grade Magical Item or even a Spiritual Weapon."
"In that case, this is quite a lucky little cultivator who managed to obtain something that caught the interest of the manager at the Thousand Wonders Pavilion."
"Furthermore, he also went to the Merit Stele at the Great Golden Light Temple. According to the report from the spiritual servant, he didn't exchange it for any physical item... It seems to be some kind of Cultivation Technique."
Upon receiving the information from the subordinate, several inspectors from the Inspection Council became interested in this cultivator's background as a Rogue Cultivator.
However, it was merely curiosity.
If it weren't for the involvement of the Thousand Wonders Pavilion and the Great Golden Light Temple, this matter would never have caught their attention.
But according to the regulations, they still discussed and gave their opinions before submitting them to higher authorities.
In the hands of a certain maid serving the guardian of the Immortal City.
After the maid glanced at it and stamped it with a seal indicating her understanding, she sent it back.
The recent situation in the Immortal City had become quite troublesome.
The higher-ups were already overwhelmed.
Many things that they considered merely interesting had sparked their curiosity, but now they could only reluctantly give up.
However, just because the important figures didn't care or have time, it didn't mean that the people below wouldn't have other thoughts.
In this regard, Su Ping's use of the White Crane True Immortal's identity, which had been certified by the Yunshan Market, to enter the Immortal City was legitimate.
This made his identity as a Rogue Cultivator, once exposed, an extremely rare target in the eyes of many.
In their view, being a Rogue Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage meant limited background and resources.
Therefore, his future achievements were likely to be limited as well. Without resources or the backing of a sect, it was highly probable that his constitution and spiritual roots had been contaminated by consuming many medium-grade Medicine Pills before reaching Foundation Establishment.
This cultivator's potential is limited, but he suddenly obtained an opportunity that can make a person of the Wanfa Pavilion's manager level take action.
This... is simply a waste of a rare talent!
Cultivating in the Immortal World is already so difficult, and good things should be concentrated in the hands of those who can make better use of them. This is the way to save the world!
A relative of a relative of a steward.
After learning this news, he immediately made an appointment with his fellow cultivator friends, and after a small drink, he made such a righteous and resolute exclamation.
And after receiving a chorus of agreement, he discussed with these friends how to use their local advantages to seize and plunder.
Dealing with that White Crane True Immortal is not difficult for them.
Although their status in guarding the Immortal City is actually quite ordinary, as old residents of the Immortal City, from the guards to the old servants, they all have connections with them and can barely be considered relatives.
They know which loopholes exist in the various regulations, and they are all clean.
They originally thought that after seeing the prosperity of the Immortal City and obtaining the Cultivation Technique from the Merit Monument, that White Crane True Immortal, with his rogue cultivator nature, would find a place to cultivate in an Immortal Cave for one or two months before leaving.
This would give them time to calmly arrange their plans.
Unexpectedly, this White Crane True Immortal is acting beyond normal reasoning!
Just as they were about to start a back-and-forth exchange, thinking about how to let the other party experience the means of the old masters of the Immortal City, they learned from the servants that the White Crane True Immortal had just left the city!
Upon receiving this news, the leaders immediately became angry and decided that if they couldn't use soft methods, they would have to resort to hard ones.
To be more secure, these cultivators, at most in the Qi Refining late stage, gritted their teeth and gathered a sum of Spirit Stones, and made promises for the future.
They recruited the guest elders of their respective families in the Foundation Establishment stage, and after gathering three Foundation Establishment early stage cultivators and one Foundation Establishment middle stage cultivator, they felt that with four against one, plus their dozens of Qi Refining late stage cultivators, success was guaranteed!
So they hurriedly followed!
The Wanfa Pavilion.
The shopkeeper Niu was trying the spirit wine he brewed himself.
After taking a sip and furrowing his brows slightly, just when he was a little displeased, a steward walked in and whispered a few words.
"Heh, these guys are getting bolder while the higher-ups are too busy to pay attention!"
"Go deliver a message, let him come back immediately, and when the sect's immortal boat arrives in a few days, send him away on the way."
Upon hearing this, the steward immediately nodded and left.
Su Ping left the Immortal City and left behind the terrifying pressure of the formation above his head. He breathed a sigh of relief and began to digest the knowledge of formations in his mind.
Suddenly, a fist-sized red bird flew over and found Su Ping. Surprisingly, it spoke in a human voice.
After listening, Su Ping thanked the bird but declined its offer.
Then, he accelerated away from the city.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel emotional:
"Have I finally reached a point where I possess treasures that attract attention?"
"Could it be that the person from the Wanfa Pavilion who came to trouble me is at the Foundation Establishment late stage?"
"It shouldn't be the Gold Core stage. If it were, the person wouldn't have come to remind me. After all, my business is not worth offending someone at the Gold Core Power level."
Su Ping calmed down a bit in his heart. Of course, he had to prepare the teleportation talisman, but he wouldn't actually use his true body.
After more than an hour.
On the official road, a small red calabash, about the size of a fishing boat, appeared on the horizon and instantly appeared behind Baihe Zhenren.
"Fellow daoist, please wait!"
Dozens of cultivators were either sitting or standing on the red calabash.
A red-haired and red-eyed old man noticed Baihe Zhenren's figure and immediately spoke, while increasing the flying speed of the red calabash.
Although they only caught a glimpse of the figure.
The Foundation Establishment guest of the Mo family in the city of immortals was puzzled as to why the other party didn't even seem to be at the Foundation Establishment stage.
But he assumed that the other party was wearing a high-quality magical item that concealed their aura.
Although they called each other "fellow daoist" on the surface.
In fact, the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the red calabash had already made up their minds to kill.
After all, the city of immortals was ultimately under the jurisdiction of the immortal sect, and many of the great figures had gone to the main peak of the sect because of the invasion of demonic beasts.
Many of the important figures there were not the ancestors who guarded the city of immortals.
Some matters naturally had to be handled as cleanly as possible.
"Fellow daoist!"
The red calabash appeared above Baihe Zhenren's head in an instant.
The red-haired Foundation Establishment cultivator spewed out flames from his mouth.
At the same time, the others on the calabash also displayed their own techniques. In an instant, dozens of spells and magical items flashed and bombarded the white figure.
In the depths of the distant underground.
Su Ping, who was controlling the illusion of Baihe Tongzi's memory with his eyes closed, showed a strange expression.
He found that the troublemakers seemed to be at the Foundation Establishment middle stage and three Foundation Establishment early stages, along with a group of Qi Refining soldiers.
Not only did no Foundation Establishment late stage appear.
From the means and power of their spells, Su Ping felt that they were not as good as the Foundation Establishment demonic beasts he had encountered!
Baihe Tongzi was only at the Qi Refining late stage, and coupled with Su Ping intentionally holding back and not wearing any protective treasures, the combination naturally dissipated in an instant.
However, the upgraded memory staff could summon two memory illusions at the same time.
In the instant Baihe Tongzi was hit, the Fire Knight Elvin was summoned immediately.
"Is this an illusion?"
"Oh no! I fell for it!"
Baihe Zhenren disappeared under the light of the spell, but a fiery red figure rushed out from inside and slashed at the red calabash with a sword.
The bright red flames exploded in the air!
With one sword.
The protective light shattered one after another.
The red calabash fell to the ground.
The red-haired Foundation Establishment cultivator jumped from the calabash to the air and spewed flames at the red-haired swordsman.
But he found that the red-haired swordsman's physical body was incredibly strong, and he ignored the flames and approached him.
Then, accompanied by a dazzling sword ray, it cut through the sky.
The red-haired Foundation Establishment cultivator was astonished to find that his head seemed to have left his body?
And... before landing, it seemed to be burned to ashes in a warm flame?
"Fellow daoist, wait a moment. Perhaps there is a misunderstanding between us?"
Seeing the red-haired Foundation Establishment cultivator being killed with a single sword, the remaining few Foundation Establishment cultivators who knew they were dealing with a Rogue Cultivator were shocked.
You call this a Rogue Cultivator?
The leader of the group kept retreating and sincerely shouted out.
He really didn't recognize this red-haired swordsman.
But the Fire Knight didn't care about these things.
Since the other party made the first move, he naturally had the right to defend himself limitlessly.
With the assistance of the Greedy Wolf Divine Sense, the Fire Knight's instinct for battle and powerful physique,
These Foundation Establishment cultivators saw for the first time how a true Foundation Establishment body cultivator could kill them.
Talisman, a magical item that shatters upon contact with the opponent.
It is even more susceptible to the opponent's Divine Sense, causing the already slow movements to become even slower.
Most of the emergency methods used simply cannot hit the opponent!
Bang!
In just a few breaths.
The last Foundation Establishment guest official had his head smashed by a punch, and his body spun and flew hundreds of meters away.
The remaining Qi Refining cultivators had long lost their fighting spirit.
And under the envelopment of Divine Sense, they were too weak to even escape and lay on the ground.
"You, you can't kill me, I am a descendant of the Mo family in Xiancheng!"
"My ancestor is a true disciple of the Immortal Sect!"
The leading young master shouted the last plea for help.
Only then did Su Ping allow the Fire Knight Elvin to approach the opponent. After a brief observation, he swung his great sword and beheaded the opponent.
Then, he raised the great sword and inserted it into the ground.
A circle of flames erupted from the sword, directly igniting the Qi Refining cultivators and the corpses of the Foundation Establishment cultivators around.
Under the purification of the Fire Knight's flames, it ensured that these remains could never be used again.
It could be considered a bit of mercy for these fellows as fellow cultivators.
With a wave of his hand, Su Ping collected the storage bags and various fragments of magical items on the battlefield.
After scanning the area and finding nothing left behind, the Fire Knight Elvin quickly left the battlefield. After handing over the spoils of war, he turned and galloped in another direction until the duration expired and he disappeared.
But this time, Su Ping was worried for nothing.
When someone in Xiancheng noticed that something was wrong, the Demonic Beasts in the Ten Thousand Mountains launched another fierce attack.
Except for the families and relatives of the deceased, no one cared about this matter anymore.
And by the time the siege was over, no one knew the truth anymore.
Those people didn't tell anyone that they were going to trouble a Rogue Cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage.
And forces and managers who guessed some of the truth, like the Wanfa Pavilion, naturally wouldn't go out of their way.
To stick their necks out for the relatives of relatives who wandered in the gray area.
And to be honest, who knows if they were just unlucky and encountered Demonic Beasts?
It's better to have less trouble than more.
Grotto-Heaven in a pot.
Su Ping looked at this harvest.
He found that these people in Xiancheng were a bunch of poor people with no resources!
The items in those storage bags didn't add up to ten thousand Spirit Stones.
There were very few Medicine Pills and talismans!
There were naturally no Spiritual Weapons, and the only high-quality magical item was the red-skinned Calabash that he had broken.
And yet they still came to make trouble for him!
Su Ping shook his head slightly.
But he didn't know that it was not easy to live in Xiancheng.
Especially when the Demonic Beasts started attacking the city, the Immortal Ships had to come together.
As a result, prices soared, and the cost of cultivation became more and more expensive.
Coupled with the many big shots, many cultivators in Xiancheng were actually only superficially glamorous.
What do they care about the family heritage, the Spiritual Weapons and Spiritual Treasures left by their ancestors? Those belong to the main family, the direct line of the family head. What does it have to do with them?
"Although it was a great victory, it also reminded me that I need to increase my foundation."
"If it was a Foundation Establishment late stage cultivator who came this time, the Fire Knight might not have been able to suppress them."
"If it was a Gold Core cultivator... I would have to retreat."
"Indeed, without a means to contend with Gold Core cultivators, it is never safe enough!"
Su Ping took out his biggest gain from guarding Xiancheng this time.
The formation scroll made by the Wanfa Pavilion.
With his knowledge of third-tier formations, although he couldn't fully comprehend it due to his lack of comprehension, he combined it with his previous knowledge and had more ideas about this scroll.
He spread out the scroll and took out a water tank filled with frigid heavy water.
Then he completely immersed the scroll in it.
In an instant, the Northern Dipper Seven Stars and the Star representing the frigid crystal in the scroll emitted a pure white light.
As Su Ping's Divine Sense entered and began to fine-tune the content of the scroll, the snowy mountains with gusts of wind turned into a continuous mountain range.
Below the mountain range, an ocean appeared.
Upon closer inspection, it could be seen that all the moving seawater was made of frigid heavy water!
With thousands of drops of frigid heavy water completely immersed in the scroll.
Su Ping's formation tool directly transformed from quantitative change to qualitative change.
Not only did it transform into a Spiritual Weapon.
But it was also not inferior to the high-grade Spiritual Weapon obtained before!
However, if the boss with the cow's palm saw that Su Ping used thousands of drops of frigid heavy water to create a high-grade Spiritual Weapon.
He would definitely roar loudly, saying that Su Ping didn't know how to properly use the frigid heavy water, such a rare treasure of the world!
Unfortunately, Su Ping was very clear about what could be exposed and what couldn't.
Moreover, even if he used a thousand drops, what about the nearly ten thousand drops?
Wait until he completely masters the knowledge of the third-level formation.
Su Ping felt that these frigid heavy water should be enough to enhance this formation tool to the level of a Spiritual Treasure.
And with a Spiritual Treasure-level formation tool in hand!
Even if faced with a Gold Core opponent, he would have some means to resist!
Carefully sealing the frigid heavy water.
Su Ping raised the scroll and gently shook it.
In an instant, an area of a hundred meters in radius turned into a snowy mountain that covered the sky and earth.
The dark sky was shrouded, with only the seven stars of the Northern Dipper shining brightly.
With a thought.
The Polaris star in the night sky burst into a brilliant light.
Three illusory wolf shadows, each a hundred meters long, appeared on the snowy mountain, their aura surpassing that of a Foundation Establishment late stage with the momentum of the wind and snow.
At the same time, a whirlwind was stirred up around the snowy mountain, carrying the coldness of the seawater within these whirlwinds.
Even though Su Ping was the controller of this formation, he still felt the bone-chilling cold that made his soul tremble!
"It's worthy of being frigid heavy water. After integrating it into the formation, I don't know if its power can harm a Gold Core, but it will definitely be able to break through the spells of those at the Foundation Establishment late stage!"
Su Ping was satisfied and retracted the formation tool scroll.
Temporarily naming it the Greedy Wolf Frigid Prison Formation Diagram!
And treating it as one of his most powerful trump cards!
After refining the Spiritual Weapon.
Su Ping increased his speed on the way back.
Looking along the official road, which was empty of people.
Su Ping suddenly realized another benefit of this heavy snow.
That was to completely clear out the previously ubiquitous horse bandits and robbers.
Coupled with the forced concentration of the population in various districts and family residences.
The survival range of Demonic Cultivators and other unorthodox cultivators was also affected.
It would be impossible to hide completely, and the difficulty would increase exponentially.
Perhaps, the reason for the many incidents involving Demonic Cultivators during the previous period was also because they were forced to do so?
On the way back, there were no more incidents.
Even animals were rarely seen along the way.
In many places, the earth was so quiet that it almost had a hint of death.
The few sounds that could be heard were almost all related to evil spirits.
Using Divine Sense to look, even without using the enhanced vision of the Spirit Mouse, one could vaguely feel the lingering evil aura on the ground, rocks, and the stubborn sprouts of grass that had emerged, which could not be dispelled...
Returning to the Jiuye Mountain district.
Su Ping finally felt like he had returned to the mortal world.
He also vaguely realized that even if spring came, those mortals might not be able to return to their hometowns for farming and living.
After the snowfall accompanied by the tide of evil aura.
I don't know about other places, but these few regions have already been heavily polluted and are no longer suitable for mortals to live in.
"When the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up. The high monks of the Great Golden Light Temple must have been prepared for this!"
"As for me, I'll just be a good district master and continue fishing!"
"Perfect, it's time to go fishing!"
From the Immortal City back and forth, it was naturally time to go fishing again.
This time, the fishing spot at the Linyue Lake once again brought Su Ping a surprise.
Not only did he catch two Qingling Fish again.
He also obtained a Crimson Blood Rainbow Carp!
Naturally, he swallowed the Crimson Blood Rainbow Carp in one gulp, causing his Northern Dipper Seven Stars Immortal Body progress to reach five percent!
The Qingling Fish was placed in the large Lingguang Fish Pond.
Suddenly!
The concentration of Grotto-Heaven Spiritual Qi in the pot reached Level 2 (210/200).
Finally, the conditions for leveling up were met!
(End of this chapter)