Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 94: Golden Core

Li Zhiruiʼs Daoist heart had not yet reached the level where he could indifferently watch tens of thousands of lives perish before his eyes.

Perhaps they could not change the outcome of Baishan County becoming a hell on earth, but at least they had tried; they fought for the ordinary people inside the city, securing a little time for them to find places to hide.

With Li Zhiruiʼs command, everyone on the boat exerted their full strength, various Spirit Beasts appeared on the Spirit Boat, and dazzling Spirit Light fell into the zombie tide, hoping to kill even more zombies.

Alas, human strength eventually has its limits!

Even Li Shilian, who had the highest cultivation level, saw his Mana rapidly depleting as he continuously cast spells.

And those eight Qi Cultivators had already exhausted their Mana, now they could only sit cross-legged on the deck, quickly refining Spirit-Replenishing Pills to recover their Mana.

As for Li Zhirui, he didnʼt have much Mana left either, but instead of recovering his Mana, he used the last of it to activate Talismans after Talismans, launching attacks on the zombie horde.

”Senior brother, weʼve held on for so many days; weʼve lived up to these ordinary people and tried our best!”

Liu Bo said in a weak voice, ”The fall of Baishan County to a zombie den is not our fault; itʼs the doing of those villains in the Sect!”

”If it werenʼt for them, we wouldnʼt have been left without reinforcements from our fellow Sect members these days, nor would only the Li family have been sent...”

Towards the end, Liu Boʼs eyes were filled with pleading, ”Senior brother, even if you no longer wish to live, do Nephew Lin and the others want to die?”

Zhang Li, who was using Mana directly without properly refining the Spirit-Replenishing Pills and disregarding his own safety, trembled and said in a hoarse voice, ”Baishan County is my hometown; Iʼll stay even if it means death. As for the rest of you...”

”Escape as soon as the Formation breaks!”

”Senior brother Zhang!” Liu Bo wanted to continue persuading, but Zhang Li had already turned his head away and once again cast a spell, attacking the fiercely advancing zombies outside.

Li Zhirui in the sky, looking at the few remaining Talismans in his hands, showed a trace of bitterness on his face.

”Zhirui, weʼve tried our best,” Li Shilianʼs complexion, from frequent use of Mana, turned somewhat pale.

Li Zhirui turned to check on the other eight family members; their faces were completely bloodless, lips cracked, obviously at their limit. If they continued to cast spells, it would probably cause damage to their bodies!

”Crack—”

Just as Li Zhirui was observing his family members, a faint cracking sound suddenly came from the Formation below.

The Defensive Array, already full of scars and sheltering more than a hundred thousand ordinary people, was about to reach the end of its life!

”Bang—”

Standing on the city wall, Zhang Li, who was attacking by burning his life, finally fell.

Zhang Li, who appeared middle-aged before, now had a head full of white hair, the result of ceaselessly extracting Mana from within his body.

Even though he was not dead yet, he would not live much longer afterward.

As for the ordinary people, after running out of weapons, they left the city walls and returned to their hiding places.

Li Zhirui silently watched Baishan County below, watched as the Defensive Array was breached, watched as the zombies excitedly surged into the city, watched as Liu Bo led those Qi Cultivation Cultivators into the sky.

He watched those ordinary people with nowhere to hide, running frantically, watched those elders who sacrificed their lives for their children...

Li Zhirui desperately wanted to do something, but aside from damaging his body and killing a few more zombies, there was nothing he could do.

Yet, this was only what Li Zhirui thought in his mind and did not put into action.

After all, Li Zhirui was just an ordinary person who, without harming his own interests, would only occasionally show kindness.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A violent explosion shocked Li Zhirui awake from his deep thoughts. Looking up, all he could see was a large crater on the ground and the vacuum-like zombies nearby!

”Did that Foundation Establishment cultivator named Zhang Li self-destruct?” Li Zhirui asked.

Li Shilian nodded with a complex expression, saying, ”Truly a person worthy of admiration!”

Li Zhirui fell silent for a moment, ”Letʼs go. The situation in Baishan County is no longer something we can solve.”

”Taoist Liu, I wonder if you could accompany us to the marketplace to report the situation in Baishan County and request the sectʼs intervention.”

Liu Bo seemed still engrossed in Zhang Liʼs final self-destruction, and it was only after a disciple beside him reminded him that he came back to his senses.

”Ha, those from the Yuanming Sect, why would they care about these mortals? Even if they died, a large number could be produced in just more than a decade,” Liu Bo said with a cold laugh.

”The sect was at fault in this matter. Once I have settled this, I will seek justice for you all.”

Suddenly, a chilling voice rang out, and in the blink of an eye, a cultivator floating in midair appeared before everyone.

Golden Core?!

Floating in midair was a hallmark of Golden Core cultivators!

”We pay our respects to Master Mingxuan!” Li Zhirui, leading his clan members, bowed deeply in greeting.

Mingxuan was Jiang Tianmingʼs Daoist name, and ʼMasterʼ was the honorific specially reserved for Golden Core cultivators.

The expression on Jiang Tianmingʼs face was grim. He had just finished his role as a protector and had not yet had time to rest when he heard about the zombie rampage within the borders of Yunping State and hurriedly flew to various places.

Then he learned from a certain Foundation Establishment cultivator that the situation in Baishan County was extremely dire, so he rushed over immediately.

But he arrived a step too late—Baishan County had already been breached.

Moreover, when Jiang Tianming arrived, he was just in time to witness the self-destruction of the white-haired Zhang Li, and the sight of Li Zhirui and the mere twenty-odd cultivators who had run out of mana.

This left Jiang Tianming greatly puzzled. When he had offered his help in other places, there were at least a hundred or two hundred cultivators. How come there were only a few here?

After hearing the conversation between Li Zhirui and Liu Bo, he instantly understood!

Jiang Tianming truly hadnʼt expected that some within the sect, in their struggle for power and profit, would take advantage of his absence while he was acting as a protector and use the zombie calamity as an excuse to suppress and eliminate members of rival factions within the sect, utterly disregarding the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Baishan County!

Although factional disputes within the sect had existed for many years, they had never been as excessive as this time, and word had gotten out to outsiders.

Filled with rage, Jiang Tianming raised a hand and, instantaneously, the Wind Spiritual Energy that was dispersed between heaven and earth, as if answering a call, flocked to Jiang Tianming. Under his command, it transformed into sharp Wind Blades that mowed down zombie heads as though they were grass.

Is this the strength of a Golden Core? Li Zhiruiʼs eyes were filled with fascination and longing.

There was only one realm difference from the Foundation Establishment stage, but the gap between them seemed like a chasm.

Li Zhirui and the others had fought fiercely for one or two hours, managing to kill just over two thousand zombies, but with Jiang Tianmingʼs intervention, in just a moment, all the zombies were annihilated.

”You all head back to the marketplace to rest first,” Jiang Tianming instructed Liu Bo and others, then turned to look towards Li Zhirui and the rest.

This made Li Zhirui very nervous, fearing that the Golden Core might entertain thoughts of killing witnesses because the Li familyʼs scandal had been leaked.

”I hope you know what should be said and what should not,” Jiang Tianming said.

Knowing that Jiang Tianming wasnʼt intending to silence them, Li Zhirui immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly responded, ”We understand!”

By the time Li Zhirui looked up again, Jiang Tianming had already left.