Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1440: Chapter 1189: Regret

And those cultivators who completed the three bows and nine kowtows in the Ancestor Master Hall walked out one by one in a daze.

”Are you all right?”

”What happened?”

Their fellow cultivators saw them like this and felt a bad premonition, anxiously asking.

On the side, the devil beasts, Sea Clan, Divine entities, and human dao practitioners also showed curiosity in their eyes.

Obviously, that mysterious Book Spirit’s selection of Qingyun Sect disciples didn’t focus on them. After all, they were either not human race, had taken a different path, or didn’t have a Spiritual Root, thus not meeting the criteria.

Among the selected cultivators, the Immortal Tao occupied the majority, with a small portion being Demon Cultivators.

When those dozen or so Demon Cultivators were chosen, everyone was incredibly amazed because Qingyun Sect was clearly an Immortal Dao Sect.

”In the moment we completed the apprenticeship ceremony, a mark appeared in the Sea of Consciousness...”

A Mahayana cultivator said with a difficult expression: ”It restricts us from leaving the Secret Realm for a long time unless we switch cultivation techniques or die!”

”Damn it!”

Upon hearing this, the scene erupted in curses.

The reason for their anger was mainly because those selected cultivators were considered the outstanding disciples and clan members within their own ranks!

Now they were forcibly taken away without any reason!

Even those Demon Cultivators were furious, as this behavior was a slap to their face.

”Do you think you can resolve that mark yourselves?” a cultivator asked with a hint of hope.

”No!” The Individual Immortals, who hadn’t spoken, replied bitterly.

As for seeking help from outsiders? They were all Individual Immortals, and since the mark was in the crucial Sea of Consciousness, how could they possibly allow outsiders to investigate freely?

Perhaps Earth Immortals and Heavenly Immortals could do it, but they couldn’t enter the Secret Realm, and these people couldn’t leave until they switched cultivation techniques.

By the time they could leave, they would have already switched, and from the cultivation technique standpoint, they would no longer belong to their own cultivators but would be disciples of Qingyun Sect.

Clearly, that Book Spirit had considered everything in advance.

The forces whose outstanding talents were selected showed a trace of despair and helplessness, resigned to accept reality.

”Hahaha...”

The Devil Race, Sea Clan, Divine entities, and human dao practitioners witnessed the entire process, and the former laughed unrestrainedly. Seeing their mortal enemies suffer and weaken was quite delightful.

”Enjoy your time in the Secret Realm!”

After saying this, they left majestically.

Most of them chose to enter the Scripture Storage Hall to gain an inheritance. Since they could only enter once, there was no need to stay any longer.

Not just them, but the Divine entities and human dao practitioners did the same.

Despite the regret and pity, after personally experiencing the terrifying pressure of that Book Spirit, no one dared to defy that warning.

With their departure, the news of Qingyun Sect forcibly taking in a batch of excellent disciples quickly spread within the Secret Realm.

After all, there were still many beings and members of the Li Clan, like them, who didn’t go to the Inheritance Palace but instead scavenged spiritual objects in the abundant and vast Secret Realm.

About a month later, Li Zhirui learned of this news.

”I never expected the Inheritance Land to contain such a Book Spirit and for such a strange event to occur.” After learning the entire process from a devil beast, he couldn’t help but sigh.

At the same time, he felt quite fortunate that he didn’t take his clan members there.

Li Zhirui didn’t think many clan members would be chosen, but given the current size of the Li family, any clan member selected would be a significant loss!

Especially for himself and Jiang Fengwu!

In terms of talent, Li Zhirui was very confident in both of them and believed they were highly likely to be chosen by that Book Spirit.

If such a thing really happened, it would be a disaster for the Li family!

And the same goes for him and Jiang Fengwu personally.

After all, they had already embarked on their own path, but now they would have to abandon their cultivation and switch to Qingyun Sect’s cultivation technique. This would be a regression, a massive one, and could undoubtedly destroy their path without exaggeration!

As for Da Qing and the few clan members who hadn’t been found, Li Zhirui wasn’t too worried.

Da Qing was not a human race, not within the selection scope, and the other clan members, without the protection of Individual Immortal seniors, would be courting death if they went to the dangerous Inheritance Land, so they naturally wouldn’t go.

”The Secret Realm is about to close.”

Li Zhirui sensed the increasingly dim mark in the Sea of Consciousness, and he couldn’t help feeling a bit of regret.

Although he hadn’t found any spiritual objects comparable to the Two Forms Bright and Dark Spirit Root in this month, he had obtained a few Loose Immortal Grade spiritual objects and even discovered a Human Immortal Grade spiritual object—the Nine-layered Purple Gold Jade Mushroom.

This is a spiritual object that could directly increase mana, and if he could refine it into an Immortal Pill, its effect would undoubtedly be further enhanced.

And this was just the result of Li Zhirui exploring within a radius of ten thousand miles!

Compared to the entire Secret Realm, this was less than one percent, so how could he not feel regret?

Of course, he wasn’t greedy or insatiable and didn’t expect to grasp all the spiritual objects in the Secret Realm, and instead, he stopped in a timely manner after obtaining the Nine-layered Jade Ganoderma.

As someone with a little understanding of luck, Li Zhirui knew that each time he acquired a treasure, his own luck would be temporarily suppressed.