Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1394: Chapter 1166: Saint

He was still very curious about this elder.

Hearing Li Zhirui’s question, a trace of sadness appeared on the elder’s face, and he spoke with a heavy tone: ”The energy within me comes from countless members of our tribe who died at the mouths of Devil Beasts over the past thousand years, and their endless hatred towards them!”

”So, if you want to harness this power, you cannot leave Red Water State, or you will lose the endless hatred that floats between the heavens and earth.”

Li Zhirui was taken aback by these words; he hadn’t expected the source of this power to be so tragic and desolate.

If it weren’t for being forced into a desperate situation, how could such means come into existence?

”This is a brand new cultivation system, so please create a copy for me. In return, I will save as many mortals as possible.”

The elder gazed at him for a long time before finally nodding in agreement, saying: ”Then come with me. The entire cultivation process is inscribed on a stone wall.”

”Okay.”

The two of them entered this humble dwelling, arriving at the northern wall, and when the elder pushed aside the wooden bed and cleared away the clutter, Li Zhirui discovered there was actually a passage leading underground beneath it.

Strangely, before seeing it, his Divine Sense had not detected the presence of any underground space.

”Here lies a treasure discovered by our tribesmen that can block and deceive Divine Sense probing.” The elder seemed to know what Li Zhirui wanted to ask and provided an answer in advance.

Then he led him downward.

Before long, the two were facing a massive black stone wall. Upon closer inspection, it was composed of slabs of stone, accumulated over many years until this wall was formed.

In a trance, Li Zhirui seemed to see countless human race resentful spirits on each slab, their faces twisted and menacing, their mouths opening and closing, constantly cursing those Devil Beasts.

The endless hatred seemed to want to devour him; helplessly, Li Zhirui could only employ a wisp of Purification Principle to envelop himself.

”Cultivator!”

”Damn cultivator!”

”Why don’t you save us?”

”Get out! Get out!”

Unexpectedly, Li Zhirui’s action further angered these resentful spirits, who screamed and wailed madly, as immense hatred and resentment surged towards him.

Li Zhirui’s expression changed slightly; he was about to fight back but seemed to think of something, altered his spell, completely erasing his entire aura and form.

Thus, with no target for the hatred and resentment to vent on, they gradually dispersed.

After a moment, Li Zhirui returned to the cave, looking gloomily at the elder and said, ”Was that all your doing?”

”It seems you do harbour a bit of pity for us.”

The elder didn’t answer, speaking to himself: ”Next, you can freely replicate these Methods, but I only have the most basic ones and those created by this settlement. If you want to learn Methods from other places, see if you can get the approval of other Elders.”

”Thank you.”

Li Zhirui replied quickly, his gaze swiftly sweeping over the stone wall.

They had accumulated Methods over thousands of years, and he memorized them all in just two hours.

And this was only because Li Zhirui was worried that using Divine Sense might be entangled by resentful spirits, causing unnecessary trouble. Otherwise, it might not even take fifteen minutes.

Before leaving, he asked the elder a curious question, ”How do you communicate among yourselves?”

Whether from the stone token the elder took out earlier or the foundational Methods here, it was clear that various human settlements in Red Water State were connected.

”There is a record on the stone wall, go take a look yourself.” The elder replied perfunctorily.

Hearing this, Li Zhirui did not press further, planning to take a closer look after going back; after all, for now, he had merely memorized them without understanding, leaving the cave with the elder.

”State Preceptor, we can leave now.” Zhang Yi hurried forward, afraid that staying too long in the settlement would lead to them being discovered by Devil Beasts.

”Let’s go.”

Li Zhirui said without turning his head: ”Take care, perhaps there will be a day when you can leave alive.”

Zhang Yi was taken aback, and then realized this was said to the elder. Just when he was about to say something, he found that the State Preceptor had already walked far and quickly caught up.

’Half a month later, I will come back again, at which time I will single-handedly take away a batch of children. As long as you are not worried about exposure, thus being noticed by Devil Beasts, no matter how many there are, I can safely take them away.’

This was a message heard only by the elder.

”Ha!”

The elder, like a stump, stood for a long time, only speaking slowly after they could no longer be seen, in a voice that no one could hear, ”Teacher, is this person the one destined, foretold to save us?”

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Soon, Li Zhirui saw a group of people covered with tree bark and leaves, looking like a group of uncivilized savages, roughly five thousand in number, most of them teenagers.

Not far away, there was another group of adult and elderly humans, their eyes filled with desire, expectation, and deep reluctance.

These people about to leave should be their living descendants.

Zhang Yi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but ultimately swallowed his words; he could easily give promises and hope to them, but he did not know when he could fulfill them himself.