Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

The mountainside roared and collapsed, kicking up clouds of dust.

A figure leaped out from the dust and smoke; it was a disheveled Lu Zaian.

"what happened……"

Before Lu Zaian could react, three powerful figures rushed in from the north.

The three of them were all wearing blue robes.

The person in front was standing on a flying sword, short in stature, with a dark red face.

He flew towards us, clutching his bloody stomach wound, while roaring angrily behind him.

"Mo Qi and Chen Yuan, how dare you betray the Spirit Medicine Valley! Once I report this to the Valley Master, you'll be facing the Soul Refining Punishment at the Earth Fire Cliff!"

As for the two behind him, one of them was a burly man standing on a huge, fiery red palm-leaf fan.

The other person was slightly thinner, standing on a black cloud, with a sinister face.

"Hahaha, Elder Xiao, you can talk about it after you can get away. Besides, the earth fire of the Earth Fire Cliff has probably been extinguished by the cold poison long ago!"

"Hehehe, we are originally from the Fire Refining Sect, how can you talk about betrayal?!"

"Surrender, Elder Xiao. We simply wish to invite you as a guest. Why be so stubborn?"

The two people behind him burst into laughter, it looked like another chase was about to begin.

Behind them, a burly man with a palm-leaf fan was seen making hand seals and chanting incantations.

A huge, crimson fireball appeared out of nowhere!

This fireball was over ten feet in diameter and radiated intense heat, as if it could burn everything to ashes.

It streaked across the sky like a meteor, carrying boundless power as it crashed forward!

Wherever it passed, the air was distorted and deformed due to the high temperature, emitting a series of ear-piercing sonic booms.

Another cultivator, not to be outdone, grabbed at the dark cloud beneath his feet.

In an instant, a jet-black light shot out, emitting a series of chilling whistling sounds that struck the back of the person in front!

"not good!"

The cultivator ahead, addressed as "Elder Xiao," suddenly lowered his flight altitude.

A massive fireball grazed past his head, scorching parts of his hair, before slamming into the barren mountain below, raising another cloud of dust.

But another jet-black light attacked him, and he didn't have time to dodge!

"Ugh!"

In a flash, his right arm was cleanly severed by the dark light, and blood gushed out immediately.

His figure plummeted straight down!

"Late stage of Qi Refining?! Run!"

Lu Zaian, who witnessed everything, was dumbfounded. The terrifying battle fluctuations made him feel a jolt, and he immediately transformed into a streak of blood light and shot south!

In short, no matter what the situation, the best course of action is to stay away!

However, the burly man with the palm-leaf fan had clearly noticed Lu Zaian's presence and reacted immediately.

With a wave of his arm, a silk net shimmering with golden-red light flew out and shot towards Lu Zaian like an arrow!

The silk net unfurled rapidly in the air, resembling a ferocious beast opening its blood-red maw.

[Golden Silkworm Trapped in a Fire Net]

"I didn't expect there to be anyone in this desolate place. You're unlucky."

The golden-red silk net was launched first and then arrived, and in a flash it was about to capture the blood light that Lu Zaian had transformed into!

"So fast!"

Lu Zaian turned his head and saw that even though he had used the "Burning Blood Escape" technique that he had only recently learned, he still couldn't escape the net's capture range.

He immediately gritted his teeth and threw an ice-blue talisman behind him!

"Ice Shard Tattoo!"

A massive ice spike, comparable to a full-force strike from the late-stage Qi Refining realm, instantly solidified and pierced the net behind them with a bone-chilling cold!

"Chichichi..."

The two collided and burst into a cloud of white mist.

"Damn it? My Golden Silkworm Trapping Fire Net!"

The burly man's face showed pain as he quickly retrieved the magic weapon.

A hole had been torn in the middle of the net, and the spiritual luster on the threads had dimmed considerably.

Fortunately, his accomplices had already ridden the black clouds to block the cultivator's path.

Lu Zaian looked grim; he hadn't expected to be stopped after all.

"I have no grudge against you two. Let me leave, and I'll pretend I saw nothing. Is that alright?"

"Hmph, old man, you've ruined my legal system, and you think you can just walk away?"

Seeing that Lu Zaian was only a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining, the burly man stroked the silk net in his hand and sneered.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain. It seems my Hundred Ghosts Banner has gained another wronged soul."

Another cultivator chuckled sinisterly as he gathered around, pulling a banner emanating black energy from the dark clouds.

Lu Zaian frowned, his mind racing with a thousand thoughts.

What a fucking undeserved disaster!

You were cultivating your skills perfectly fine, and suddenly your home was bombed and destroyed, and they didn't even intend to spare the people inside?

Are we going to waste our only two second-tier talismans here?

"Is there really no room for negotiation?" Lu Zaian asked, his face grim, enunciating each word clearly.

"Fellow Daoist, hurry and go to the Spirit Medicine Valley to deliver a message for me. I'll hold them off!"

Suddenly, an angry shout came from below.

It turned out to be the person who had just been shot down.

At this moment, he somehow managed to stop the bleeding from his right arm, and his whole body erupted with intense energy as he stared at him with bloodshot eyes.

'Go to hell! If you hadn't brought these Japanese devils here, none of this would have happened!'

Lu Zaian couldn't help but roll his eyes and complain in his heart, but said aloud:

"Okay, how are you going to hold them off?!"

Elder Xiao did not answer, but instead took out a handful of pills from his storage bag with his left hand and stuffed them into his mouth without even looking at them!

What an extravagant way to eat!

Lu Zaian's eye twitched, but then he heard the burly man next to him shout loudly.

"Oh no, stop him!"

Without him needing to say anything more, the Black Cloud cultivator standing to the side saw that the situation was not good.

Without hesitation, he waved the Hundred Soul Banner in his hand, which exuded an eerie aura!

In an instant,

Dozens of ferocious-looking, fang-baring demons roared out from the banner!

These demons were shrouded in a layer of black mist, their eyes flashing with a scarlet light.

They emitted shrill, piercing cries, as if they came from the depths of hell, revealing endless ferocity and malice.

Elder Xiao, however, stared wide-eyed, clenching his teeth and chewing the pills with a "crunching" sound, as if he were chewing on the flesh and blood of an enemy.

Immediately afterwards, two scorching crimson flames shot out from Elder Xiao's pupils!

"Roar!!"

The evil spirit let out a mournful wail, but it was powerless to resist and was burned to ashes by the flames!

No! My evil spirit!

The black-cloud cultivator's eyes were bloodshot, and he let out a howl even more piercing than that of a demon.

"What kind of flame is this? I've never heard of this old guy cultivating eye techniques before!!"

"This isn't some kind of eye technique; he ignited his Flame Spirit Body!"

Upon hearing this, a hint of jealousy and apprehension flashed in the eyes of the burly man beside him, and he spoke quickly.