Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 437 - 443: Confrontation

The shopkeeper scanned the area with his feeble Divine Sense and his heart began to pound violently, an uncontrollable greed appearing on his face as he whispered, ”Senior, these items...”

”Hmm?” Li Zhiruiʼs eyes flashed with a dark light as an immense pressure bore down directly on the man, and the shopkeeper, whose eyes had been blinded by greed, suddenly snapped back to reality. He realized the vast gap between their statuses and their strengths, and that he was in no position to make any demands in front of a Golden Core cultivator.

A cold sweat drenched the shopkeeperʼs back, and he bowed with a tremble, saying anxiously and fearfully, ”Please, Senior, follow me.”

”Hmm.”

Under the watchful eyes of all, Li Zhirui followed the shopkeeper to an empty backyard, without any worry that the other party had laid traps.

”It is said that someone has discovered the precious Millennium Lifespan Grass on a mountain in the Great Snow Mountain. Every cultivator who hears this news doesnʼt care about the dangers of the Great Snow Mountain and rushes in.”

After a pause, the shopkeeper continued, ”The location of the Longevity Grass has been found, but the Devil Race has also discovered this precious Spiritual Medicine. Currently, itʼs a standoff, and perhaps when the Longevity Grass fully matures, a great battle will erupt.”

”Millennium Lifespan Grass!” A hint of joy appeared on Li Zhiruiʼs face. This Life-Extending Spiritual Object, aptly named, could add a whole jiazi—sixty years—to oneʼs lifespan after consumption!

Among all Life-Extending Spiritual Objects, the Millennium Lifespan Grass was known for adding a substantial amount of time to oneʼs life, and most importantly, it was the main ingredient in the making of Lifespan Extension Pills!

Although a single Lifespan Extension Pill could only extend life by twenty to thirty years, and the more one took, the less effective they became, consuming four Spirit Pills was equivalent to the effect of a single Longevity Grass. And beyond that, even if the effects were not as good, the lifespan gained would still be more than if one were to consume the Longevity Grass raw.

Unfortunately, to this day, no one had discovered how to propagate the Millennium Lifespan Grass; it did not leave behind any Spirit Seeds or such after maturing.

Otherwise, Li Zhirui, with spatial abilities at his disposal, could have cultivated Longevity Grass extensively, earning a vast amount of Spirit Stones and resources for himself.

Speaking of which, after Li Zhiruiʼs breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage, his space had undergone a drastic transformation.

Firstly, its area had tripled in size. The space was now no smaller than Wanxian Island, and it boasted two rivers flowing through the entire area, originating from the higher grounds on the west and north.

Secondly, the Spiritual Energy in the space was comparable to that of a rank four Spirit Vein, incredibly dense. During his time with his family, Li Zhirui spent a good part of his cultivation time inside this space.

And because the Spiritual Energy was so dense, the Spiritual Medicines grew much faster. Even without the aid of Spirit Stones, the Jade Root Grass which normally required a year to mature, now only needed two or three months to grow fully, quite astonishing indeed.

But back to the point!

”So, do you know the location of that mountain peak?”

In the ears of the shopkeeper, Li Zhiruiʼs calm voice sounded like thunder, and he spoke with trepidation and unease, ”This junior isnʼt exactly certain, only that it is in the northeastern part of the Great Snow Mountain.”

The northeastern part? Li Zhirui frowned as he thought about the map of the Profound Ice State he was familiar with; this location was no longer within the Profound Ice State, but further north in Han Yuan State.

The Great Snow Mountain Range was a massive range stretching tens of thousands of miles in a north-south direction, its northernmost point being in the middle of Han Yuan State, and its southernmost point in the northern-central region of the Great Void Province.

Most of the mountain mass blocked the passage to the west for the Profound Ice Sect, forcing them to detour through the Han Yuan State and extend their journey by tens of thousands of miles, and these areas are covered in wind and snow all year round.

”How did you come to know such distant news?” Li Zhiruiʼs eyes were sharp as knives as he stared at the shopkeeper, and even though the changes in his face were almost imperceptible, they could not escape his gaze.

”This junior is a peripheral member of the Profound Ice Commerce Chamber and came to know this news unintentionally.”

Li Zhirui looked meaningfully at the shopkeeper, he had almost forgotten that these commerce chambers spread across various regions, aside from their trade and profit-making, had another main purpose, which was to collect information and pass on intelligence.

ʼIt seems that, after returning to the clan, I need to prepare such a commerce chamber, an excellent place for those intelligence officers of the family to be stationed.ʼ Li Zhirui thought divergently.

The shopkeeper waited for a while but heard no response from Li Zhirui, he quietly lifted his head to steal a glance at him and, seeing him with a faraway look in his eyes, couldnʼt help but feel nervous.

Everything he had said was the truth, except for one detail he hid: he did not reveal the intelligence because of the threat to Li Zhiruiʼs life, but because he had always intended to do so.

After the existence of Millennium Lifespan Grass was exposed, the Profound Ice Sect knew it would attract a large number of cultivators, as well as members of the Devil Race, and both sides might eventually engage in a fierce battle over the Longevity Grass.

The Profound Ice Sect was unwilling to send their hard-trained cultivators into this battlefield, so they devised a plan to use Longevity Grass as bait, drawing Golden Core cultivators to it.

When the great battle erupted, these cultivators would be the tools to help the Profound Ice Sect fend off the Devil Race!

If successful, they would emerge to seize the fruits of victory, but if they failed, the Profound Ice Sectʼs loss wouldnʼt be too significant, for the dead would be those greedy Loose Cultivators.

Thus, for Golden Core cultivators like Li Zhirui, even if they did not actively inquire, they would ultimately learn of this matter and find ways to stir up their greed, leading them to the growing location of the Longevity Grass, and once the grass matured, they would engage in a deadly fight with the Devil Beasts.

These were things Li Zhirui did not know, at least he was still kept in the dark for now.

”Thanks to you, Iʼve saved quite a bit of time.” Having said that, Li Zhirui casually tossed out a few jade bottles, then stood up and left the backyard to enter the room where he would stay the night.

As for the Spiritual Objects he had previously ordered, Li Zhirui had already forgotten about them; after all, they were only first-order Spiritual Objects and not worth much.

After checking that the room had not been tampered with, he directly flashed into space.

The Spiritual Energy outside was not dense enough, and cultivating there would likely reveal his true realm to others, which did not fit with Li Zhiruiʼs plans.

In the vast space, except for the central core, which was planted with various Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Plants, most of the other areas remained empty wastelands.

Although Li Zhirui had many types of Spiritual Medicine, he still couldnʼt fill the entire space, but the current scale was already sufficient for his Alchemy needs, so he was too lazy to expand the planting area.

Seeing the expression on your face, it seems you have some good news?” Da Qing also awoke from his cultivation, glanced at Li Zhirui, and asked with a smile.

”Yes, Iʼve received news of a nearly mature Millennium Lifespan Grass. As soon as the snowstorm eases tomorrow, I will set off right away to avoid this Spiritual Medicine falling into othersʼ hands.”