Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Chapter 416: Chapter 358: Messaging the Nine Sects

Speaking of Minzhou City, Han Yu is not only familiar with this place, but also has quite a profound impression of it.

This is where the troublesome Artifact Spirit first awakened.

It was also the first place the West River Pill appeared.

Moreover, it’s where Han Yu obtained his first Innate Divine Power.

Of course, it was also the former home of Young Master Xiao Shui.

”In that case, it’s not surprising at all that the Fire Spirit was born there.”

Han Yu commented.

After all, Minzhou Prefecture birthed too many firsts, even someone as naturally blessed with luck as Young Master Xiao could originate there.

Calling it a blessed land doesn’t seem like an exaggeration.

The only question is, how was the Fire Spirit there without being discovered?

Logically, shouldn’t the Fire Spirit be the embodiment of fire, given that its essence is fire!

Could it really hide in Minzhou Prefecture and evade detection by Ox Head and Horse Face?

”Who told you the Fire Spirit must be fire in appearance?”

The Artifact Spirit suddenly spoke up to argue.

This bordered on sophistry; as a Five Elements Spirit of fire, if it doesn’t manifest as flame, what else could it appear as?

”Just like the Wood Spirit, who was hidden deep within the mountains for thousands of years and worshipped by people as a Mountain Spirit, the Fire Spirit can naturally be hidden somewhere as well.”

As long as they don’t reveal their true form, most of the Five Elements Spirits are extremely adept at hiding and dodging, clever and sneaky.

”So, you can only find the Spirit Body through luck. If you plan to find it by locating its true form, you might have to overturn the entire Minzhou Prefecture and still fail.”

The Artifact Spirit suspected that Ox Head and Horse Face were so foolish to look for the true form instead, hence finding nothing.

Darn!

So, even if you manage to pry the location of the Fire Spirit from Black Robe’s mouth, it ultimately still depends on luck.

And as for luck, Han Yu was well aware.

He had none of it to save his life.

He was devoid of good luck, but full of bad luck.

The Artifact Spirit shivered; it didn’t want to stir up Han Yu’s unpleasant memories again and quickly changed the subject.

”This pill has been around for almost three days now; what are you planning to do with it? Are you giving it away or not?”

”You think I don’t want to give it away?”

Han Yu rolled his eyes. The problem is how to give it away; the starting threshold is already as high as the Realm of Transcendence.

This thing isn’t that easy to offload; it’s not like before when he could just grab a lackey and force it down their throat.

Moreover, with the threshold so high and the cost so great, this pill exudes a sense of eeriness all over.

This is also the first pill to appear after Ping’s transformation and rule change, so he dared not be too casual with it.

It’s not impossible to force-feed it to an unpleasant Transcendent, but if the pill turns out to be really strong, wouldn’t it be asking for trouble?

And that’s what’s been troubling him all along.

Friendly units refuse to eat it.

He doesn’t dare to feed it to enemy units.

What troubles him even more is that when a full moon passed, the bottle started moving again.

Ho~cough~

Age-Forgetting Pill: Extends lifespan by thirty years for the one who takes it. Side effect: Mind regresses to the newborn stage, and recovers through normal growth over time.

Han Yu stared at the pill in the Sea of Consciousness for a long time without speaking.

The first thought was that Ou Mingdong’s master would have a bed-wetting buddy.

Then came the disturbing image; after all, when the Great Elder of the Unparalleled Tower wets the bed, he’s in baby form. Eating this pill, the bed wetter could be an elderly Transcendent powerhouse.

”What do you think?”

Han Yu couldn’t evaluate this pill, so he asked the Artifact Spirit.

It simply rolled its eyes and sat down, ”I’ll just sit and watch.”

Not only Han Yu, but it also found the pill indescribably peculiar.

First of all, as far as the Cultivator Realm is concerned, only some old guys from the Nine Sects are always looking for ways to extend their lives. Is it only them who are afraid of death?

No, it’s just that only with such a background do they have the resources and capability to pursue something so intangible.

Indeed, except for the last pill from Han Yu, no other longevity-extending pills have appeared in the Cultivator Realm.

Therefore, one can only imagine how powerful this pill is.

But the indescribable side effect...

A bunch of old bones wetting the bed is considered mild.

The scariest thing is those old bones getting fired up daily, chanting, ”The river changes course every thirty years, don’t underestimate the poor young.”

Of the thirty years of additional lifespan, the time that the taker could genuinely use to their advantage might be less than half.

With an immature mind, cultivation is bound to come to a halt—except for Han Yu, the cheater...

The good news is that this pill has no restrictions.

The bad news is that it might drive the old guys from the Nine Sects up the wall.

To give or not to give?

”Of course to give, and the sooner, the better.”

Han Yu suddenly started to laugh.

I’m not lucky, I can pull nine... eight lucky ones!

...

The Inspectorate has new arrivals again.

Gao Feng entered with a bitter smile, Han Yu really manages to create issues every so often.

Quan Xiaotong was unusually free today, rarely needing to bury himself in paperwork.

So when Gao Feng came in, he could see him leisurely flipping through that book, Thousand-Year Miscellaneous Talks, with legs crossed.

”You seem to be in a good mood.”

Gao Feng raised an eyebrow, smiling slightly, as it was rare in recent years to see Quan Xiaotong so relaxed.

Quan Xiaotong nodded with a smile, ”That huge debt note has started to kick in, and the Mo Family’s magical artifacts will gradually be delivered to the military.”

Magical artifacts that don’t require True Essence to operate and have no threshold.

Such killing tools are actually more suited for the army rather than minor cultivators.

Just imagine, a well-trained squad of soldiers holding such things, which sect could withstand that?

As long as a large quantity is constructed, half the world could be at peace.

”Why just half?”

Gao Feng was a bit puzzled.

”Because the style of the Corpse Refining Lineage makes me feel they don’t want the world to be too peaceful, especially not for the Cultivator Realm to become a tightly bound unit.”

Quan Xiaotong closed the book and said.

”Recently, monsters have been erupting from sects across various regions, and the means of the people behind it are extremely ruthless, specifically targeting groups of minor cultivators to use as cannon fodder to feed the monsters.”

By the time Gao Feng said this, all traces of a smile were gone.

Although the gap between right and wrong is large, this move by the enemy to exchange pawns for regiments has forcibly reversed the offensive and defensive situation.

A group of cannon fodder dies, taking out a bigger sect, and in the end, they still have elites in hand waiting for the right moment to act.

”Several state cities have already been evacuated.”

Gao Feng sighed.

”Can’t hold it?”

Quan Xiaotong frowned deeply.

Gao Feng shook his head and said, ”We can’t hold it at all. After nearby sects were destroyed by monster invasions, the monsters fully formed, and not even Nanli Sword Studio can handle these energy entities, let alone ordinary cultivators.”

”There’s no point in adding more casualties, I had them evacuate all the civilians.”

If we wait for the monsters to attack the city, it would become a hell on earth.

As of now... many places have become desolate as expected, leaving only the monsters behind.

”Let’s wait a bit more, the Nine Sects are trying to find a solution, and there’s word from the Mo Family that they have a way.”

Quan Xiaotong handed a letter to Gao Feng and said.

”What’s this?”

Gao Feng looked at the magical artifacts mentioned in the letter, utterly confused.

”It’s said to be a concept from the Mo Family’s young master, energy entities are merely energy all over the body, and his idea for dealing with energy is to drain it.”

Quan Xiaotong explained.

”Within a few days, we’ll know the outcome, how are things on your end?”

Gao Feng knew he was referring to the two individuals recently sent over, Tu Xingsun wasn’t of much value and was sent to the Mo Family, since they were researching divine technique artifacts anyway.

As for the one in a black robe, well, what can be said?

This guy doesn’t know much, and it’s all bits and pieces with little use.

Quan Xiaotong looked at the black robe’s confession, but instead broke into a smile, ”No, just from these bits and pieces I can finally conclude, the main body of the Corpse Refining Lineage is indeed overseas.”

Gao Feng was a bit surprised, but soon felt relieved again, the guy in front of him always had thoughts that were like a wild horse running free, seeing and thinking about things differently from others, and undeniably, most of his speculations were quite accurate.

”Do you think we should ask Han for help?”

Apparently thinking of the few times Han Yu appeared when monsters attacked, Gao Feng asked.

After all, based on what we currently know, Han Yu handles monsters like a natural enemy.

”Forget it, he’s just an exception, even if he’s powerful, he has to be used in the proper place, this is a big situation, not something one person can solve, you can’t expect him to run around the world doing your errands.”

Quan Xiaotong remarked with a teasing tone, ”Besides, who has the ability to convince him to run all over the world working for you?”

Gao Feng wholeheartedly agreed, knowing Han Yu’s character, he could certainly run around the world on his own, but it’s hard to get him to take orders.

While the two were speaking, a cultivator hurried over, holding a letter.

”Urgent report from Minzhou City!”

The two were both startled upon hearing this, could something have happened in Minzhou City?

It wasn’t until Gao Feng took the letter that his eyebrows visibly relaxed, laughing and cursing.

”You can’t mention him, talk about him and he shows up.”

”Minzhou City is safe, right?”

Quan Xiaotong quickly asked.

Gao Feng shook his head and handed the letter to him, bitterly laughing, ”Minzhou City is fine, we’re the ones with the problem, this guy is using us as his messengers, asking us to inform the old geezers of the Eight Sects to go to Minzhou City...”

Quan Xiaotong just felt a trace of doubt, it’s not hard to pass on a message.

But this little guy expects people to oblige just from a single sentence, with such an attitude, why would they?

However, when he saw the end of the letter, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes...