Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1565: Chapter 1251: A Feeling (2)

“Ten Thousand Thunders Cleansing World Array! Activate!”

At the critical moment, countless array patterns flew out from the Myriad Array Diagram, instantly forming a great array in front of her, engulfing the black smoke within.

Rumble——

A pure white light shone from the array, accompanied by endless thunderbolts, relentlessly striking the black smoke.

This time, the formation was not broken by the opponent. Instead, the black smoke was rapidly being extinguished, and it wouldn’t be long before it vanished completely.

“I didn’t expect that upon appearing, I would encounter a cultivator with such exceptional talent in formations. Continuing to make you a maid would indeed waste your talents; perhaps you should try being an official first,” the Black Divine Statue said, with words containing greed rather than praise, seeking to possess her.

“Stop daydreaming here; even if I were to die, I would never become your slave,” Jiang Fengwu coldly snapped without hesitation.

“That choice is not yours to make!”

With that, a black smoke formed a giant hand, disappearing in an instant, leaving only a trace of spatial fluctuation, and the next moment it appeared not far from Jiang Fengwu, reaching straight for her.

“It’s spatial teleportation!” Jiang Fengwu couldn’t quite believe what she was seeing.

Just what was the background of this Black Divine Statue, possessing so many different divine powers, and all at such a proficient level, wielding them so effortlessly…

She could only frantically draw array patterns, attempting to block this attack.

Spurt!

At that moment, a sudden change occurred, and the giant hand dissolved into smoke and dissipated.

“Hmm?”

Jiang Fengwu looked ahead in confusion and saw an Earth Immortal had intervened, capturing the Black Divine Statue in his hand. It was still active just moments ago, so why did it suddenly become lifeless?

“Thank you, Senior, for helping me,” she expressed her gratitude, knowing full well that the intervention wasn’t necessarily to save her, but gratitude was necessary to avoid offending the Senior.

“Passing by, that’s all. Now recount everything that happened earlier.”

“Yes.”

Jiang Fengwu responded and started narrating from her dealings with the cultivators in the Immortal City…

“The person behind the statue was summoned by a Demon Cultivator sacrificing their life?”

“Yes, that Demon Cultivator called it the Great Sky Black Venerable.”

“Great Sky Black Venerable…”

The Earth Immortal narrowed his eyes, recalling something, and his expression turned extremely grim as he solemnly instructed, “Do not speak of this matter lightly.”

“Understood!”

Jiang Fengwu, who had been carefully observing his change in expression, felt a slight chill in her heart; it seemed he recognized this strange existence.

But she didn’t dare directly ask the Earth Immortal about the Black Divine Statue’s origins, nor did she dare to ask for it, only watching as he left quickly with the statue.

“Cough, cough…”

Feeling a bit weak, Jiang Fengwu coughed lightly; she had just finished a great battle shortly before confronting the Black Divine Statue, and her mana was greatly depleted, now almost exhausted.

Her divine sense, too, was similarly drained—deducing a new formation in such a short time had indeed consumed her frantically.

So she was extremely vulnerable now; her strength was perhaps at just one-tenth, five-tenths at best.

Therefore, Jiang Fengwu immediately released Qingniao to protect her, ensuring her own safety.

“Thank you, Fellow Daoist! If not for your bravery and personally intervening, killing so many Demon Cultivators and lifting the siege by Demon Cultivators, we would not know how many of us would have survived.” Wu, the Individual Immortal, personally flew up to her, expressing his gratitude with great respect.

“These are some Immortal Pills the Immortal City urgently gathered; I hope they are satisfactory to you, Fellow Daoist.”

As he spoke, a storage bag was handed to Jiang Fengwu.

“With the transaction complete, I shall take my leave without further disturbance.”

Before her words finished, Qingniao took her, turning into a streak of blue light, flying towards the horizon.

“Elder Wu, why don’t we chase after her and take care of her?” a cultivator asked unhappily.

The Immortal Pills were naturally gathered from them, so they held no good will towards her, even though Jiang Fengwu had saved their lives.

With little mana left and her divine sense near exhaustion, capturing a cultivator in such a state required no effort.

“The spirit beast by her side is not to be trifled with, and that suddenly appearing Earth Immortal is far too mysterious—not knowing what connection they have with her, it is better to proceed with caution,” Elder Wu replied indifferently, a hint of disappointment in his eyes, thinking: It seems another needs to be cultivated.

“Alas! A time of troubles!”

Their Immortal City wasn’t the first attacked by Demon Cultivators; it had happened many times before, with varying success and failure.

…

Meanwhile, Jiang Fengwu and Xiaoqing, quickly distancing themselves from the Immortal City, paused temporarily in a barren mountain.

Her current state was truly poor, needing to recover somewhat first; otherwise, prolonged strain might damage her foundation.

As the sun rose and set, a month’s time quickly passed.

After this period of healing, Jiang Fengwu had mostly recovered, although full recovery would take more time.

“What happened in that battle, to push you into such a dire situation?” Qingniao asked, having been in the Beast Taming Bag and unaware of the events.

“The matter is past; there is no need to discuss it further.”

Jiang Fengwu said simply, changing the topic, “It is time to depart for the family.”

“This time was indeed both a blessing and a curse.”

Having just broken through to Human Immortal, she then faced an overwhelming power that nearly claimed her life.

Through this ordeal, Jiang Fengwu’s determination to seek the Dao became even stronger, with the realization that possessing greater cultivation was essential to safeguard her life and travel further.

——

At the same time, within a certain Heavenly Immortal Sect.

Several Heavenly Immortals were researching the Black Divine Statue brought back by a junior, intrigued by the methods that could project power across great distances.

If they could replicate it, then in the future, True Disciples would be safer when venturing out, as they could directly project help to solve problems.

Of course, there are considerable drawbacks; with their seniors providing life-saving support, the juniors’ temperament and Dao Heart might overall decline.

After extensive research, they finally deduced the method!

Unfortunately, the results weren’t great and required continuous experimentation for improvement.

But that might take a long time yet.

As for who the true master behind the Black Divine Statue was, they no longer cared.

Merely a Demon Cultivator on the Divine Path, having some fortuitous encounters, wasn’t worth much attention.

——

In silence along the way, after half a year of hurried travel, Jiang Fengwu and Qingniao finally returned to Shanhai State.

But now, Shanhai State was no longer a small state of merely a thousand miles—reaching Mount Wanxian within an hour was no longer possible.

Over ten thousand miles still required considerable time.

“Fengwu, you finally returned.”

On this day, Li Zhirui happened not to be in seclusion and encountered the returning pair; just one look, and he saw Jiang Fengwu’s breakthrough.

Immediately, he congratulated her, “Congratulations on advancing your realm, and I wish you success in your upcoming Thunder Tribulation.”

“Thank you for your good wishes.”

Li Zhirui took out several bottles of Immortal Pills, “These are all immortal pills to restore mana, to use in your Tribulation.”

Without hesitation, Jiang Fengwu accepted them, thinking for a moment before she shared about her encounter with that strange Black Divine Statue.

“You think someone summoned it by sacrificing themselves, a demon cultivator calling it the Great Sky Black Venerable?”

“Yes.”

The previously nonchalant Li Zhirui’s expression immediately became serious as he heard this.

Because of his naturally accurate spirit sense, he took such warnings seriously, and Jiang Fengwu’s spirit sense was not weak either.