Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 401 - 407: Adventure

Everyone had not expected Li Zhixuan to attack so suddenly. Some managed to barely activate a Spirit Talisman in time to block the strike, but others were a step too slow and thus perished!

”How dare you!” the leading cultivator bellowed, launching an attack with a ferocious momentum, accompanied by the spells of several others behind him, bombarding Li Zhixuan.

Li Zhixuanʼs expression didnʼt change in the slightest. With a flick of her right hand, she sent out deadly sword lights, blocking all the incoming spells.

Rainbow Piercing the Sun, sword qi soaring to the skies; the spells before her were akin to crumbling walls and fragile tiles, collapsing at a single blow.

As for those cultivators, seeing how Li Zhixuan effortlessly neutralized their attacks, each one of them had an ominously dark look on their faces; yet upon closer inspection, one could discover deep-seated fear hidden in their eyes.

Li Zhixuan raised her sword again but seemed to sense something and her usual indifferent face suddenly turned solemn. She glanced at the cultivators before her and rode her Spirit Sword into the distance.

”Why is she escaping?!” The cultivators watched the scene before them in bewilderment.

But soon, they understood as a group of dozens of cultivators arrived one after the other in front of them.

”Where is that Rakshasa Woman?!”

Li Zhixuan had been in the central region for many years, always alone without close daoist allies, so nobody knew her true identity or name. Even the name ”Rakshasa Woman” was only used to address her after she had made a significant name for herself.

”She just escaped.”

To say she fled wasnʼt quite accurate, for if it werenʼt for these cultivators arriving, they might now be spirits under Li Zhixuanʼs sword.

Meanwhile, Li Zhixuan, speeding along, had an extremely ugly look on her face. Who could have spread the word about the Vermilion Fruit in her possession to such an extent that everyone knew!

Ever since obtaining the Vermilion Fruit, she had intended to keep it for Li Zhirui, never showing it to outsiders, so it was impossible for a second person to know about it.

”No, thatʼs not right!”

Li Zhixuan suddenly thought of a possibility, that when she was picking the Vermilion Fruit, a cultivator had seen her, but due to insufficient strength, didnʼt dare to show themselves and waited until returning to the marketplace to spread the word far and wide.

Regrettably, the deed was already done, and it was too late for regrets. She could only tackle each obstacle as it came.

ʼPerhaps...ʼ An idea suddenly flashed in Li Zhixuanʼs mind, ʼI can regard this ordeal as a trial for my cultivation, to use it as a breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm!ʼ

Despite the risk, Li Zhixuan has never been one to conform to the rules or one to play it safe; otherwise, she never would have refused to cultivate the Wanling Sutra and chosen to become a Sword Cultivator, a path with almost no inheritance in the Li family.

”Let me carve a path for myself with the Spirit Sword in my hand!” The glint in Li Zhixuanʼs eyes flickered; her entire demeanor underwent an indescribable change.

For a long time thereafter, Li Zhixuan lived between battles and hiding. Though she took risks using these cultivators as whetstones, she wasnʼt foolish enough to seek death willingly.

But today, which should have been like any other day, was different. This time when Li Zhixuan acted, what awaited her was shockingly a real Golden Core master!

Upon seeing this Golden Core cultivator, Li Zhixuan felt a flicker of panic, but she quickly calmed down. Her dao heart thumped uncontrollably, as if to tell her that if she could survive this ordeal, then a breakthrough to Golden Core was certain.

”Please enlighten me, senior!” Li Zhixuan struck first, launching a sword light like thunder roaring, hurtling fiercely towards the Golden Core.

The cultivators hiding in various places were astonished at this scene. They never expected Li Zhixuan to be so crazed as to draw her sword against a Golden Core cultivator, and even to take the initiative to strike!

”As expected of the Rakshasa Woman, she truly is a fearless being! To dare draw her sword against a Golden Core true master!”

”Itʼs just a pity that the Vermilion Fruit in her hand is now beyond our reach.”

Everyone believed that Li Zhixuan was surely going to die in this battle. The gap between Golden Core and Foundation Establishment was just too great, and Li Zhixuan was famously determined to fight to the death.

A streak of sword light, like a Wandering Dragon, raced across the heavens and the earth. In that moment, the wind surged, and a myriad of Sword Qis howled, like countless silver needles piercing the sky…

Li Zhixuan used all of her trump cards, one after another in continuous succession, as if she didnʼt put the Golden Core true master before her in her eyes at all.

But the gap between the two was too large to be caught up with or compensated for by several second-order spells.

”Thatʼs enough, it all ends here!”

As time passed, the Golden Core true master began to grow impatient. Not bothering with passive defense any longer, he struck out actively for the first time.

There wasnʼt any earth-shattering scene; the entire process was very plain. He didnʼt believe that a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator could cause him much harm.

Facing this casual strike, Li Zhixuan was exceptionally cautious, channeling all of the remaining mana in her body to swing her final sword.

The Sword Qi tore through the opponentʼs spells and also pushed open the door for her to enter the Golden Core Realm!

”For this battle, I thank the senior for showing mercy. After I transcend Tribulation, I will come to seek guidance again. I hope that at that time, the senior will still be generous with your teachings!” Li Zhixuan sheathed her Spirit Sword, and, in the blink of an eye, activated a third-order Escape Talisman. Before her words even hit the ground, she had disappeared!

”Damn it!” The Golden Core cultivator didnʼt anticipate that his actions would actually help someone break through their bottleneck, feeling both shock and anger.

Angry that Li Zhixuan had left so composedly, severely hurting his pride, and shocked that Li Zhixuan, only at Foundation Establishment, had such terrifying strength that if she were to break through to Golden Core, he might stand no chance against her at all.

And by then, his fate might be more than just a mere defeat!

Despite his unwillingness to accept this outcome, his reason and reality were both telling him just how likely this possibility was!

As for those Foundation Establishment cultivators, they were envious and jealous that Li Zhixuan could breakthrough in a crisis, and then fearful that once she achieved Golden Core, she might come to settle scores with them.

Meanwhile, the Li Zhixuan they were all thinking about had already arrived disguised at the gates of an Immortal City.

The first thing she did upon entering the city was to find and rent a reliable retreat cave, and then seize this opportunity to step into the Golden Core Realm at one go!

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, Li Zhirui, having collected enough Spiritual Objects, and with the Spirit Stones given by his family running low, planned to no longer stay in the central region and to return to Wanxian Island as soon as possible.

As for his plans for experience and training, they were no longer very necessary. Perhaps it was a blessing of fortune, but not long ago, while studying the Wanling Sutra, he suddenly had an epiphany and grasped a small opportunity.

With this opportunity in hand, Li Zhirui naturally had no need to seek any more experience; it was far more important to firmly grasp this insight and delve deeper into it, for that was the true path!