Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

No answer.

Yu Qianzi’s face was filled with dejection as it fell listlessly.

Not long after, a bright star appeared in front of the Guanghan Immortal Palace, adding a hint of vitality to the cold, dead starry sky.

This wasn’t a constant star.

It was the Black Soil Realm, a small border world of the Green Wood Immortal Sect.

This realm was fertile, producing various grades of elixirs, Spirit Rice, and Spirit Trees, making it one of the wealthiest realms under the jurisdiction of the Green Wood Immortal Sect.

”Welcome the Heavenly Monarch, welcome the Swordsman home!”

Several Nascent Soul Immortals in charge of the Black Soil Realm and a few hundred Golden Pill Monks went 30,000 miles into the realm to welcome them. Flowers fell from the sky, cranes danced, and scenes of golden lotuses sprouting from the land emerged, forming a pathway of flowers.

All cultivators performed the ritual of three prostrations and nine bows, their foreheads touching the ground deeply, not daring to look up.

Divine Moon Heavenly Monarch nodded slightly.

The Guanghan Immortal Palace did not stop and flew directly towards the super teleportation Formation of the Black Soil Realm.

Behind them, many Nascent Soul and Golden Pill cultivators remained prostrated on the ground, still doing so from a great distance, without moving an inch.

Yu Qianzi was in a daze for a moment.

More than a hundred years life in the Eastern Devil School had almost made her forget the huge gap between Nascent Soul Monks and Divinity Transformation Cultivators—the two should not have any interaction at all. Like ants, Nascent Soul Monks could only worship fervently.

The Guanghan Immortal Palace shuttled through the Nine Heavens Gang Wind.

Below, mountains and fields intertwined, and Spiritual Veins were distributed in an orderly manner, treating the entire world as a Spiritual Medicine Garden, cultivating different grades of elixirs according to the yin and yang, and damp and dry natures of different places.

All were brimming with life, top-quality, with hardly any inferior items.

This was the unparalleled technique of spiritual plant cultivation of the Green Wood Immortal Sect!

Their foundational principle.

From cultivation methods to magic to Life Treasures, everything was closely related, forming an entire system, with a long inheritance that was well-developed and not something that could be replicated by leaking one or two magics or cultivation methods.

Perhaps, this was also why the Green Wood Immortal Sect’s combat ability was somewhat weaker.

This was also one of the reasons why they accepted the defeated Daymoon Sword Pavilion’s Moon Vein hundreds of thousands of years ago, hoping to enhance their combat capabilities.

However, the two sides have never been able to fully integrate as sword cultivators were too unique.

”Greetings to the Heavenly Monarch, greetings to the Swordsman!”

In the cross-domain teleportation Formation, another Nascent Soul Immortal prostrated on the ground, offering his respects and said reverently, ”The teleportation Formation to the Sect is ready. Please, Heavenly Monarch, Swordsman, give your commands.”

”Activate it, we’ve been on the road for so long, and I’m tired.”

Divine Moon Heavenly Monarch nodded.

”Yes!”

The prostrated Nascent Soul Immortal cautiously stood up, activating the token with mana.

In the void, transparent and hazy spatial patterns appeared, revealing terrible fluctuations of force that even a Divinity Transformation Cultivator would not dare to ignore.

Hum!

Within the dazzling white light, space violently shifted, and the Guanghan Immortal Palace disappeared from sight.

The attendant Nascent Soul Immortals still maintained their respectful posture.

Not until several hours later, confirming that the teleportation had ended, did they finally exhale a breath, relaxing.

They reviewed their own words and actions in secret, confirming that none had angered the Heavenly Monarch and the Swordsman, only then did they sit down cross-legged and began to cultivate, absorbing spiritual energy with eyes closed.

Every few years, there would be Nascent Soul Monks who angered the Heavenly Monarch and met tragic ends; they certainly did not wish that for themselves.

...

The white light scattered, and a new scene came into view.

Trees, various trees, pine trees, birch trees, sunflowers, apricot trees...

Yu Qianzi opened her eyes to see all sorts of trees, with the smallest being as thick as an embrace of an adult.

There were Spirit Woods the size of houses, hills, and lakes, and she saw forests undulating into the distance. Red, yellow, brown, a kaleidoscope of colorful tree leaves and blossoms came into view.

But most of all, it was undoubtedly green!

All over the mountains and fields, in the sky and on the ground, the Nine Heavens Gang Wind, and even the domain walls, everything was green, nurturing varieties of Spiritual Plants.

With every breath through the nose and mouth, the least concentration of Spiritual Energy was that of a fourth-order Spiritual Vein; there wasn’t a single place in this world where the concentration of Spiritual Energy fell below the fourth order.

Compared to the scrupulous and controlled Spiritual Energy management of the Eastern Devil School’s mother star, this place was terrifyingly affluent.

In the Spiritual Energy, the most abundant was undoubtedly the Wood Property Spiritual Qi: the Qi of grass and trees, the Qi of rigid wood, the Qi of flexible wood, the Innate Wood Spiritual Qi... all of these were extremely beneficial to Wood Property Cultivation Methods, and it was a holy land that any Wood Property cultivator would dream of.

Yu Qianzi felt somewhat uncomfortable.

This extremely dense Wood Property Spiritual Qi was not to the liking of her Taiyin Sword Dao. Her Cultivation Method subtly began to operate, intending to draw upon the Taiyin moonlight to repel the Wood Property Spiritual Qi for miles around her.

However, the education she had received since childhood stopped her from doing so.

In the Green Wood Immortal Sect, such behavior was highly unsocial and would attract many peculiar and rejecting glances.

”Sister Qianqian,”

”It’s been hard on you on this mission to the Eastern Devil School.”

A soft and frail voice.

These few words alone were enough to make one feel the vigor of life, invigorating the Wood Property Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth.

Yu Qianzi instinctively looked to her side, only to discover that the Divine Moon Heavenly Monarch had already left without her noticing.

She looked ahead.

A little girl, just over a meter tall, with a pure and naive countenance, dressed in an elaborate dark green palace skirt, was looking over with an adorable smile.

Qingmu Daoist, Ji Liuyue.

At the Middle Jindan Stage, she was one level below Yu Qianzi. Like that other person, like the Taoist of Five Elements, An Tuzi, this was perhaps not a coincidence.

They were of a kind.

Yu Qianzi bit her lip lightly.

”Daoist,”

Yu Qianzi held her sword hilt and gave a respectful bow.

Just as many other Nascent Soul Immortals had done along the way, she also needed to do this.

It was part of the strict order of the Immortal Sects and could not be as lax as it was in the Eastern Devil School, where even upon encountering another Daoist, one could ignore them.

”Sister Qianqian is too polite; no need for such formalities,”

Qingmu Daoist Ji Liuyue bowed back to the Taiyin Swordsman, who was much taller than herself.

”On this mission to the Eastern Devil School...”

Yu Qianzi let out a bitter smile.

She knew this was a cover from the sect. She was about to say something when she saw the man next to Qingmu Daoist.

This man was tall and sturdy, with a resolute face, carrying the Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram on his back. Merely standing there, he exuded an overwhelming pressure like a heavy mountain, not the slightest bit inferior to the Qingmu Daoist beside him.

”I have seen you, Xuanwu Daoist.”

Yu Qianzi suppressed the ringing of swords within her heart and bowed again.

”Cultivator Yu Qianzi is too courteous. Zhong Yuan has come for a visit without prior notice; please forgive this indiscretion,”

Zhong Yuanzi said apologetically.

Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, Xuanwu Daoist!

The Xuanwu Heavenly Palace and the Great Sun Sword Pavilion had similarities; the innate talent of their Daoists was not the most important factor. Rather, they had to fight their way up, slaying countless rivals and surviving numerous deadly battles, and only by doing so could they eventually stand before the Great Expert’s avatar and be crowned as a Daoist.

He was at the Golden Pill Peak Stage.

”Fellow Daoist Yu,”

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Zhong Yuanzi asked directly, ”In your opinion, is the Dari Swordsman of the Eastern Devil School truly as formidable as his reputation suggests, or is it just an exaggerated title meant to intimidate us?”

Yu Qianzi fell into deep thought.

After a long time.

”I believe he lives up to his name.”