The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 66 Is it worth it?

Two Nascent Soul Grand Elders from Laoshan had already arrived in Tamna, accompanied by over a hundred people from the Hall of Affairs, surrounding the entire island.

Of the five, only Wan Haiming's Soul Lamp was still burning, but he was barely breathing, clearly seriously injured, and his location could not be traced.

The other four were also elites of the Laoshan Hall of Affairs. They all perished within moments without even sending out a distress signal, which must have been caused by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, upon investigation of the scene, no trace of a Nascent Soul cultivator could be detected. Anyone who has cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage can draw upon some of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to attack, and even if they deliberately conceal their cultivation level, there would still be clues to be found. But the scene was too clean, and the strongest magical aura could only be Wan Haiming's famous technique, "Eight Directions Annihilation".

The deacon interrogated the boy for a whole day and said that the two men and two women who hunted the demon beasts were only two in the early stage of Golden Core and two in the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Wan Haiming's personal involvement was suspected of being overkill. The result was truly unbelievable.

However, at least we know their names and backgrounds: Cui Qinghe, an outcast from the outer sect of Luofu Mountain, who possesses the magic weapon Qinghu Bow belonging to Chu Yunfei, the young master of Luofu Mountain, and Guan Canghai, Cui Qinghe's Daoist partner.

Two days later, a letter from the Laoshan Taoist sect arrived at Luofu Mountain, demanding that Luofu Mountain hand over the murderer, Cui Qinghe.

The Taiyi Sect quickly followed suit, also issuing a talisman and publicly demanding that Mount Luofu hand over Cui Qinghe.

Unexpectedly, Chu Yunfei, the young master of Luofu Mountain, also publicly issued a letter to the world, stating that even if Cui Qinghe was truly guilty of heinous crimes, only Luofu Mountain could clean up its own ranks. Whoever killed Cui Qinghe without authorization would face retaliation from Luofu Mountain.

Luofu Mountain's actions were not impulsive; Chu Yunfei personally intervened and negotiated with the Taiyi Sect and the young sect leader of Laoshan at Shennong Peak.

We demand that the Taiyi Sect and Laoshan Dao Sect disclose the whole story. Several years ago, why did your two sects' Golden Core cultivators fight with others at the Immortal Market on Shennong Peak? How can you prove that Cui Qinghe was the one who killed people at that time?
Even on Tamna Island overseas, since no one witnessed it, how can it be concluded that Choi Chung-ha is the murderer?
Cui Qinghe has only just formed her core. Even with a few helpers, how could she possibly kill the elite members of the Laoshan Hall of Affairs?
Wan Haiming has dominated the cultivation world for over a hundred years and is known as the number one person below the Nascent Soul stage. Even a hundred Cui Qinghes would not be his match. Why is he so certain that Cui Qinghe is the murderer?

The Laoshan Daoist sect and the Taiyi sect were speechless, finding it difficult to justify their explanations.

Chu Yunfei naturally consulted Wan Miaoxuan, the Nascent Soul cultivator, to see if he knew any inside information.
Wan Miaoxuan, however, completely denied any involvement and had no idea who Cui Qinghe was.

In Chu Yunfei's mind, it must be that Guan Canghai's early opportunity was quite extraordinary, and it was coveted by the Taiyi Sect and the Laoshan Dao Sect. The two sects were secretly competing, which is why Cui Qinghe was able to escape several times.

The disciple who had not yet been accepted into the sect had repeatedly surprised Chu Yunfei over the years. In particular, not long ago, after hearing Gongye Yu say that Cui Qinghe had formed her core in the Five Ridges, Chu Yunfei concluded that Guan Canghai must possess a great treasure.

Chu Yunfei intentionally steered the conversation in this direction: "Are you two major sects coveting Cui Qinghe's opportunity?"
This led the young master of Laoshan to genuinely suspect that the Taiyi Sect had ambushed Wan Haiming and his group, since they also knew that Cui Qinghe might have a new Foundation Establishment Pill formula.

But is it worth risking a kill to kill the chief steward of Laoshan Hall just for a Foundation Establishment Pill recipe that may or may not even exist?

Mo Qiuren of the Taiyi Sect insisted that Cui Qinghe must have a new Foundation Establishment Pill formula. Therefore, when the young master of the Taiyi Sect was questioned by Chu Yunfei, he blushed and was speechless.

The matter remains unresolved, but Cui Qinghe's name has once again become a sensation in the cultivation world. This has caused a few self-important female disciples from the orthodox sects of the Xuanmen to feel a pang of jealousy.

What right does a rogue cultivator, a discarded disciple of the outer sect of Mount Luofu, and a married woman have?
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Jiang Yuan and his group flew south for half a day again. This time, they were no longer in a panic, but instead deliberately looked for an island where they could land.

According to Jiang Yuan's estimation, they have already traveled thousands of miles away from Tamna. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would not easily venture so far into the ocean.

Although Shen Wangzhi had many questions in his heart, he had no choice but to follow Jiang Yuan at this moment, hoping that his feng shui knowledge could find a spiritual vein on the sea, otherwise his life would be wasted.

Lacking resources and spiritual energy is worse than death for cultivators. Based on his memories from his two previous lives, Jiang Yuan judged that to the east lay the Pacific Ocean, stretching forty thousand miles, with too many unknown factors. Only to the south lay shallow seas dotted with numerous islands, making it easier to find a foothold.

But that was a thousand years later. Now Jiang Yuan was starting to doubt whether this little broken ball was the one he had lived in in his previous two lives.
After all, there was no such thing as a cultivation sect back then. Famous mountains and rivers were all developed into tourist attractions. During holidays, there were people everywhere, and they were all like zombies, in a numb and low-intelligence state.

We'll fly like this for a while, then rest on a small island to soak up some spiritual energy before flying on again.

After five days of this ordeal, Jiang Yuan concluded that they had indeed reached the South China Sea region, where numerous islands and beaches were visible.

Some large islands span hundreds of miles, with only trees, flowers, and some poisonous insects and wild beasts, and no ordinary people are seen living there.

Such a place must be extremely dangerous and unsuitable for mortals. For cultivators, it's a perfect place to hunt demonic beasts. Even when on the run, they cannot stop hunting demonic beasts, as they rely on those demonic cores to form their golden cores.

After several dozen days, Jiang Yuan and his companions obtained another level-six demon core and three level-five demon cores. They did not kill any demon beasts below level four and released them when they left the trapping area.

Roughly estimating, there are two level-six demon cores, five level-five demon cores, and the first level-four demon core captured, all of which are water-attribute. This is enough for Jiang Yuan and Liu Caiwei to form their golden cores. Now they should look for a suitable spiritual vein for cultivation.

Three days later, Jiang Yuan set his sights on a small island, which was about 300 li in circumference, but had a long and narrow shape.

From the air, at low tide, some scattered reefs appear around the long and narrow island, forming a near-circular encirclement that vaguely resembles a Bagua (Eight Trigrams) formation.

If we include the reefs, the island should be at least 800 square miles in size.

There is a small hill in the middle of the island, which is where the spiritual energy of the formation gathers. Even though it is somewhat dilapidated now, Jiang Yuan is confident that he can transform the surrounding reefs into a real spirit-gathering formation.

After discussing with Shen Wangzhi, Jiang Yuan decided to settle down here, as the small hills on the island were enough to dig one or two caves.

When the four landed, they were horrified. The island was a snake island, with tens of thousands of venomous snakes visible to the naked eye, as well as some giant lizard beasts that were over ten feet long. Although they were just ordinary beasts, they were still very unsettling.

Both women, in particular, loathed things like venomous snakes.

Jiang Yuan didn't care much; the presence of so many poisonous insects and ferocious beasts only proved that the spiritual energy here was quite good.

Jiang Yuan then had Qinghe bring out the flower demon artifact. The terrifying aura of Qiongniang's level seven flower demon spread out, causing the poisonous snakes on the hill to flee in panic, and even the poisonous snakes in the underground caves crawled out to escape.

Holding the flower fairy's magical artifact, they found a suitable place to dig a cave, only to discover that there was already a cave there, seemingly formed naturally, and that there was water inside.

This small hill is several tens of feet high, and the seawater could never reach here at high tide, which can only mean that the cave floor is all stone, and rainwater accumulates inside and cannot drain out.

There were also many venomous snakes inside the cave. Sensing the presence of the flower fairy, the snakes scattered and fled, most of them darting into the cave. The air inside was not blocked, so it seems that the cave may have a back door or a ventilation shaft.

The four of them cautiously explored the cave. After walking for two miles, Jiang Yuan suddenly sensed a great danger.

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