Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 85: Return

”We canʼt let the zombies get close to us!”

Watching the slowly approaching zombies, Li Zhirui decisively activated a Falling Thunder Talisman. The Talisman Paper flashed with Spirit Light, and a bolt of lightning burst forth, striking the zombie.

The zombie, which had remained unharmed until now, roared continuously after the strike and emitted puffs of black smoke.

Li Shiting seized the opportunity, swiftly summoning several thick vines to bind the zombieʼs limbs. Then she kept scattering seeds, hastening the growth of the vines to reinforce the bindings.

For a moment, the zombie was entangled by the vines and couldnʼt move, but with its tremendous strength, the vines wouldnʼt hold for long.

A glint flashed in Li Zhiruiʼs eyes as he summoned Da Qing, saying, ”Cast the Mud Swamp Skill around that zombie!”

Given the zombieʼs body weight, of course, it would not sink into the mud swamp, but thatʼs not an issue when someone lends a helping hand!

Squeak!

Da Qing, looking at the ferocious-looking zombie with a green face and fangs, let out a frightened squeak and took a step back, letting Li Zhirui stand in front of it before starting to cast the Mud Swamp Skill.

Li Shiting raised her eyebrows slightly, surprised that the Spirit Beast she had raised was so timid.

Li Zhirui felt extremely embarrassed inside. Da Qing had fought and killed many Devil Beasts with him, including some with ugly and fierce appearances, but he had never seen it scared before. He never expected it to be afraid of a zombie.

Li Zhirui found it difficult to explain this situation, as it seemed very much like making excuses. Fortunately, Da Qing had completed his task, so he sent it back to the Space Artifact without a second word.

Squeak!

Da Qing let out a happy squeak as it looked around at the familiar environment filled with the rich scent of medicinal herbs, not feeling at all like Li Zhirui had rejected it.

”Zhirui, what are you doing?” Li Shiting asked, puzzled.

Li Zhirui smiled and took out a captured brick, saying, ”Mrs. Ting, just watch this!”

Li Zhirui had not refined this Magic Artifact; he only left a mark with his Divine Sense, which barely allowed him to use it.

Li Zhirui channeled a large amount of Mana into the brick and threw it at the zombie, which was still struggling to free itself from the vines. With just one hit, the zombie was smashed into the mud swamp, sinking faster the more it struggled.

Li Zhirui smiled in satisfaction, now just waiting for Li Shiren to set up the Formation, to slowly grind down the zombie to death.

Not long after, Li Shiren began to set up the Formation. Three breaths later, a Formation emitting intense heat took shape, encompassing the zombie within, as flames raged on incessantly.

”Is that zombie not dead yet?” After half an hour, Li Zhirui asked again.

Li Shiren shook his head with a grave expression, calculating in his mind, he said, ”At the current pace, it will take at least an hour!”

”Too slow!” Li Zhirui frowned and asked, ”Is there any way to speed it up?”

Although their location was hidden, it wasnʼt impossible to be discovered. The longer they dragged it out, the greater the probability of being found.

If the news leaked out, then everything theyʼd done would be in vain, and they would be chased by a large number of cultivators. After all, the relics of a Golden Core Cultivator could tempt any cultivator exploring the ruins!

”How about trying with those few second-order talismans?” Li Shiren suggested, recalling the effects of the previous Falling Thunder Talisman.

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”Okay,” there were no better options available.

The Falling Thunder Talisman, Geng Metal Sword Talisman, and Fierce Fire Talisman were activated one by one, and the result did not disappoint them, as the undead creatureʼs aura wilted significantly.

Li Zhirui and the two others anxiously waited for two quarters of an hour before they finally eradicated the malicious aura of the walking corpse and decapitated it.

Li Shiren quickly dismantled the formation, and Li Zhirui used an empty storage bag to collect the corpse, leaving behind a ring and a jade pendant on the ground. A streak of green light flashed by, and the two space artifacts were swept up by the Green Scale Snake.

The three could hardly conceal their excitement, but this was not the place to examine their spoils of war. Li Shiren immediately activated the Spirit Boat, saying, ”Letʼs head back now!”

Only when the three flew out of the small valley did they realize the outside was in utter chaos, with all the cultivators desperately fleeing toward the distance, as if a peerless ferocious beast was hunting them down from behind.

”Ren Uncle, faster!” Li Zhiruiʼs face paled as he urged in a hurry.

They had temporarily forgotten that within the ruins, there lay a Golden Armor Corpse, or perhaps even stronger, a Flying Asura.

Li Shiren also remembered the immense peril hidden within the ruins and, regardless of the mana consumption, immediately pushed the Spirit Boat to its maximum speed, flying off in the northeast direction.

The Golden Armor Corpse feeding on flesh and blood within the ruins seemed to have heard the fear of numerous cultivators on the ground and, with a mouth full of blood and flesh, said, ”A bunch of fools! Think youʼre safe just by escaping now? Once this old ancestor breaks through to the fourth tier, all of you will be my blood food!”

Because of the dangers in the ruins, Li Zhirui and his companions were no longer overjoyed at acquiring a Golden Coreʼs legacy, but instead their faces were filled with worry, their eyebrows and eyes all showing anxiety.

”Itʼs useless to think too much, whether itʼs a Golden Armor Corpse or a Flying Asura, neither is something we can contend with,” Li Zhirui tried to boost morale, saying, ”When the sky falls, thereʼs a tall one to hold it up. Donʼt we still have the Yuanming Sect?”

What Li Zhirui did not know was that the Yuanming Sect he mentioned was currently holding an emergency meeting.

”Master Jiang, is the Golden Armor Corpse in the ruins really that powerful?” Even after hearing it once, the Sect Master still found it hard to believe.

More than ten Golden Core cultivators who explored the ruins had four killed and three severely injured before Jiang Tianming escaped.

And after he used the Jade Talisman to flee, two more Golden Cores had fallen at the hands of the Golden Armor Corpse!

”If Iʼm not mistaken, itʼs about to break through to the fourth tier!” Jiang Tianming said anxiously, if it were just an ordinary Golden Armor Corpse, it couldnʼt possess such terrifying power.

”Fourth tier? Nascent Soul?!” Everyoneʼs breath hitched; if it really broke through to the fourth tier, then within ten thousand miles, it would become its pasture where all living beings would be its captive blood food!

”We must report this to Shen Leishan immediately, given their proficiency in Thunder Method, perhaps with a large number of Golden Cores, we can eliminate it before it breaks through,” said Jiang Tianming as he looked toward the Sect Master.

Although he could also contact Shen Leishan, that involved him seeking someone out to pass the message, whereas the Sect Master had a magic artifact specifically for communication.

”Iʼll inform Shen Leishan of this at once!” the Sect Master recognized the gravity of the situation; if mishandled, even the Yuanming Sect might be doomed!

The Sect Master took a compass-shaped magic artifact from his storage bag, placed the Sectʼs Great Seal in the center to indicate his identity, and then inserted a thousand Spirit Stones to activate the artifact.

In the main hall of Shen Leishanʼs Green Sword Sect, a tall and burly man was engrossed in handling documents when the messaging Jade Plate beside him suddenly shone with Spirit Light, drawing his attention.

”Yuanming Sect?” The burly man furrowed his brows. He remembered this vassal sect well, although it rarely ever made contact with Shen Leishan.

”Have they contacted the Sect because something happened?” he wondered aloud. With that, he tapped the Jade Plate to activate it.

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