Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1393: Chapter 1165: Surprise_2

With Li Zhirui’s help, as long as they don’t encounter Devil Beasts above the Realm of Human Immortality, they can safely retreat, and the Devil Race will think it’s some calculation by the surrounding Immortal Dao Influence.

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Upon entering the territory of Red Water State, though the scenery was vibrant with lush mountains and rivers, everyone present felt a bone-chilling coldness welling up from within.

The human remains scattered across the mountains instantly ignited their anger, making them burn with rage, wishing to destroy this place filled with sin immediately!

Even Li Zhirui, accustomed to seeing life and death, felt a tinge of anger upon seeing the array of ghastly white bones crowding his eyes.

’How many bones has this fertile land beneath us devoured? A hundred thousand? A million? Or even more?’

Before stepping onto this land, Li Zhirui felt indifferent towards the mortals here, merely considering them as tools to strengthen the Great Zhou Dynasty and help restrain the Cave Abyss Sect.

But now, he couldn’t help but feel a bit of compassion and sorrow within his heart.

What wrong did they commit? Generation after generation, including themselves, they were destined from birth to be preyed upon by Devil Beasts!

Perhaps I should do more, as much as possible, to help these mortals. Li Zhirui couldn’t help but think.

”Those damned beasts! Someday we’ll annihilate them all and make them atone for the countless tribe members they have slain!”

Zhang Yi roared lowly, his eyes red with fury, veins bulging on his body, suppressing his anger desperately to avoid an outburst on the spot.

”When the dynasty grows stronger, we’ll surely tear these Devil Beasts apart!”

Everyone gritted their teeth, wishing to eliminate those Devil Beasts at once.

”Alas!”

Zhang Yi was the first to calm down, speaking in a stiff tone: ”We must rescue these tribe members, but not now! Act according to the previous arrangements, don’t stir trouble, or we’ll ruin the hope of saving them.”

”Yes.” The others muffledly responded.

Li Zhirui witnessed this scene, and couldn’t help but exclaim in his heart: ’Being young is good, not yet having the worldly trials extinguish the passion within you.’

Red Water State’s Devil Beasts do not keep humans locked in cages, since they need to eat and drink to survive, which Devil Beasts absolutely won’t do, so humans must work themselves, sustaining themselves.

The so-called captivity essentially delineates areas for humans to exist, surrounded by numerous Devil Beasts.

With Devil Beasts in all directions, attempting to flee Red Water State entails traversing hundreds of miles; thus, even if humans escape, the chance of survival is less than one in ten thousand.

Zhang Yi’s ancestors must have surely been extraordinarily lucky!

The place Li Zhirui’s group was heading to now was the human gathering spot closest to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

With Li Zhirui present, they can effortlessly evade Devil Beasts, but this only works when there are few people, making it impossible to return using this method as they’d have to fight several battles along the way.

”Sir, we are from the Great Zhou Dynasty in the outside world, here specifically to rescue everyone. Are you willing to leave with us?” Zhang Yi asked with respect, addressing an old man covered in filth and emitting a foul odor.

This elder was discovered by Li Zhirui using Divine Sense to be the one everyone in the gathering spot listened to, keenly realizing he was the person in charge, so he let Zhang Yi and the others directly state their intentions to him.

Moreover, the elder gave Li Zhirui a special feeling as though possessing some power, energy he had never witnessed before!

’Could it be that under the Devil Race’s intense pressure people here have developed some latent ability, creating a new way of cultivation?’ Li Zhirui wondered in amazement.

Speaking further!

The elder lifted his eyelids, slightly surprising Zhang Yi, for those eyes should not appear on an old man, bright and untainted.

”You indeed aren’t people from here, but how many can your strength actually save?”

The elder spoke with a hoarse, calm voice: ”For thousands of years, the human race outside has abandoned us, and now you speak of saving us? What is your purpose?”

”Our strength isn’t that great, but we’ll do everything possible to save as many tribe members as we can.”

Zhang Yi spoke with unwavering determination, as if declaring: ”As for the purpose, to unite more tribe members so we can gain stronger power to fight against the external Immortal Dao and these beasts! In the end, save all the tribe members.”

”I can see your resolve, but many times, just having resolve isn’t enough.” The elder shook his head, entirely unmoved by the words.

”Then sir, are you planning to wait here with all these tribe members for death to arrive?”

”I have my own methods to save them.”

”How many can you save? The Devil Beasts won’t listen to reason, so if one day they suddenly rampage and devour all tribe members here, what could you do?”

”I will use myself, and everyone’s lives, to curse kill all beasts that have consumed our flesh!”

Hidden all along, Li Zhirui’s eyebrow raised upon hearing this; is this the method people here created?

”What’s the use in that? If everyone dies, even if you drag the beasts down with you, can you resurrect?”

Zhang Yi spoke with extremely harsh words: ”Furthermore, your approach could endanger other gathering spots as beasts will surely vent on other tribe members who remain alive!”

The elder’s momentum instantly fell, clearly hit where it hurt by Zhang Yi.

”Therefore, sir, if you’re willing to trust us, lead all the tribe members away with us!” Zhang Yi sincerely pleaded.

”No.”

”Sir!”

The elder waved his hand, interrupting Zhang Yi, and said: ”Like you said, if we flee with all tribe members, those beasts will undoubtedly take it out on other tribe members, so I won’t agree.”

”But I will organize a group of tribe members to leave this hell with you!”

”And you...?”

”Rest assured, having survived to this age implies having means to preserve my life, and I need to stay to care for the other tribe members.”

”Such noble sacrifice from you, sir!”

Everyone bowed deeply, led by Zhang Yi.

The elder waved them off, turned, and entered the room behind him. After a while, he returned with a stone tablet, saying: ”This stone tablet represents me; if you visit other gathering spots later, present it to have other elders coordinate with you.”

”I hope you quickly grow strong and rescue all tribe members!”

”We won’t let you down.”

”Very well!”

For the first time possibly, the elder forced a laugh, looking rather awkward.

He then called forth a youth with grey eyes, saying: ”Hui Tong, this is my successor after death; he will organize the tribe members to leave with you all.”

”Hui Tong, you also need to depart with them.”

”Teacher...”

”This is an order, no refusals permitted!” The elder announced firmly.

”Yes.” Hui Tong had no choice but to obey, bow, and then lead Zhang Yi and the others away.

Once everyone had gone, the elder coldly spoke towards the empty front: ”Immortal hidden all along, do you have directives?”

”I came with Zhang Yi and the others, so there’s no difference in helping rescue you from Red Water State.”

”I fear the Great Zhou Dynasty they speak of is also just a pawn in your hands!”

”You’re quite perceptive.” Li Zhirui chuckled, acknowledging.

Curious, he asked: ”I want to know about the energy within you, and the curse-killing method just mentioned, could you explain it?”

He remained quite intrigued by this elder.