Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 191 - 197: Consideration

Li Zhirui returned to Immortal City and stayed in a rented cave dwelling for over half a month before receiving a transmission from Bo Li, saying that they would gather at the city gates tomorrow to continue hunting Demon Cultivators.

”So much time has passed, and there hasnʼt been much movement from the Demon Cultivators. It seems that the Golden Core Demon Cultivator isnʼt too concerned about his blood descendant,” Li Zhirui murmured softly to himself.

Early the next day, everyone gathered and once again boarded the Spirit Boat, flying towards Wind Corruption Prefecture.

”Although there hasnʼt been much news from the Demon Cultivators these days, itʼs still better to be cautious,”

Bo Li said, ”So we should not venture too deep into the frontline for now, letʼs find out the situation first.”

”Alright.” Although this could lead to reduced income, everyone was of a cautious nature and naturally had no objections.

In the following period, Li Zhirui and his companions were very careful; they never went deep into Wind Corruption Prefecture, and every time they captured a Demon Cultivator, they left a few alive to inquire about any related news.

”Yes, there was a San Gui Zhenren who issued a bounty a while ago; the reward was very generous. He said he wanted to find the cultivator who killed his grandson,” each Demon Cultivator would say something similar.

This piece of information made Li Zhirui and the others even more cautious and wary, not daring to expose themselves as the murderers.

Until two months later.

”It looks like the Golden Core has given up searching,” one of the cultivators said with a relaxed smile.

They learned from the Demon Cultivators they had just captured that San Gui Zhenren, having found no clues, had withdrawn the bounty.

The sword that had been hanging over their heads was finally dissipating.

However, this was to be expected, for when they dealt with that Demon Cultivator, they had not been seen by anyone else.

Even to avoid exposing this secret, they had not turned in his body for Contribution Value.

”Now we donʼt have to be so restrained, just killing a few Demon Cultivators before returning to Immortal City,” another person also expressed with a sense of relief.

You should know, before this incident, every time they went out, they would stay in the wilderness for at least half a month to a month, but now, they had to return to Immortal City after just a few days.

From today on, they can return to the previous situation.

After all, as Loose Cultivators, they needed to obtain resources for their cultivation themselves. Killing too few Demon Cultivators severely affected their income.

As the leader of the team, Bo Li, after contemplating for a moment, slowly nodded and said, ”Since everyone feels this way, then we wonʼt be in such a hurry to return this time. Nevertheless, we must still be careful in our actions; after all, no one can be sure whether the Golden Core is deliberately creating a smoke screen to confuse us.”

Whether it was luck or coincidence, they soon encountered a group of Demon Cultivators who were concealed.

This was not to mention Bo Li; not only was he powerful, but he had also cultivated a Pupil Secret Art.

Unless a Demon Cultivator was extremely proficient in the art of concealment, they simply could not deceive his keen eyes.

The team always had so many gains not only because of their strong individual strengths but also because Bo Li could detect the enemy in advance.

After discovering the Demon Cultivators, everyone quickly prepared for battle, with Li Zhirui and another cultivator taking the lead to prevent the Demon Cultivators from dispersing too much. This made it difficult for the Array Master to set up a Formation to trap everyone.

Numerous vines burst from the ground, entwining the Demon Cultivatorsʼ legs, while thick tendrils tried to bind the Demon Cultivators completely.

Besides that, heavy earthen walls materialized, trapping all the Demon Cultivators within a narrow space.

Li Zhirui and his companion struck too suddenly and swiftly, those Demon Cultivators didnʼt have time to react, nor did they expect to be ambushed themselves.

By the time they came to their senses, they found themselves trapped, forced to attack desperately in an attempt to escape. Vines were cut, and cracks started appearing on the earthen walls.

”The Formation is complete!”

But when they managed to escape, they heard these words that plunged them deeper into despair.

”This tactic... itʼs the Bo Li Team!” cries of alarm spread among the Demon Cultivators. The resolute look on their faces began to waver, giving way to a hint of unease.

”Isnʼt it said that no one in the Bo Li Team is skilled in Wood-attribute Skills?”

Li Zhirui had grown accustomed to these situations over the past two months. The reputation of the Bo Li Team was well-known not just among Cultivators but also widely among Demon Cultivators.

Especially for the weaker Demon Cultivators, what they feared the most were encounters with the Bo Li Team and other famous groups from Immortal City.

As for Li Zhirui, having just joined the team not long ago, the vast majority of Demon Cultivators were unaware of his existence.

But even without counting him, the original members of the team were more than capable of easily killing them.

Seeing that the Formation was set, Li Zhiruiʼs hands moved to cast a different spell, and the vines that were entangling people suddenly grew several times larger and turned pitch black, appearing extremely fierce.

The vines lashed wildly within the Formation, and the whooshing sounds they made were enough to demonstrate their powerful destructive force.

Some Demon Cultivators who had underestimated the vines were already severely injured, lying on the ground, wailing in agony.

With everyone working together, it didnʼt take long to slay all these Demon Cultivators.

”Every time I see your spells, I canʼt help but marvel,” Bo Li said to Li Zhirui with a smile.

Another person also added jovially, ”Indeed, we never thought that the Wood-attribute Skill, considered the weakest by many, could become so powerful in your hands.”

”Itʼs just leveraging some external help; itʼs nothing noteworthy,” said Li Zhirui with modesty.

Of course, in some sense, this was also a fact, after all, these vines didnʼt just appear out of nowhere; they were all Spirit Vines cultivated with care by Li Zhirui.

”Letʼs clean up the battlefield first. The commotion just now was not small; itʼs very likely that it will attract some Cultivators and Demon Cultivators looking to scavenge,” said Li Zhirui, not wanting to keep the focus on himself.

Bo Li gave him a knowing smile and, without saying much more, turned to join the others in collecting the spoils of war.

Time always flies unknowingly, and in the blink of an eye, more than three months had passed.

However, a trace of distress marred Li Zhiruiʼs brows; his excursion was for the sake of breaking through a bottleneck to reach the Golden Core stage, but over the past six months, his bottleneck had become incredibly firm, showing no sign of loosening.

Although this was a very normal occurrence, many were trapped by their bottlenecks for ten years, even decades.

Moreover, during this time, he hadnʼt encountered any battles that he considered dangerous.

And this was mainly because the Bo Li Team was too strong. The majority of Demon Cultivators were simply no match for them, presenting no danger at all. How could this allow Li Zhirui to have an epiphany through a life-and-death crisis?

Therefore, Li Zhirui was now considering whether he should leave the Bo Li Team and wander the battlefield alone, placing himself in dangerous situations to force a breakthrough of his bottleneck.