Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1597: Chapter 1267: Demon Vein (2)

Unfortunately, an invisible water barrier blocked them, leaving them with no way to escape.

“Senior, I know I was wrong, please forgive me!”

“I will never dare again.”

“I am a disciple of the Yumen He Family, how dare you kill me?!”

“I am a direct descendant of the Xiao Family of Longshi, if Senior is willing to let me go, the Xiao Family will certainly offer a generous gift!”

…

Seeing the inability to escape, each one either pleaded sorrowfully or tried to threaten and tempt, all hoping Li Zhirui would have mercy and spare them.

Unfortunately, he might harbor good intentions, but he would absolutely not let go of any creature that intended to harm him!

“I warned you before, but unfortunately you didn’t treasure it, and now you want to beg for mercy? Too late!”

Before the words were finished, various weapons flew out of the water barrier, attacking them overwhelmingly.

In the narrow space, they had no room to dodge and could only resist with their Defense Divine Ability. But in the face of absolute strength, their defensive means were as fragile as thin paper and were shattered with extreme ease.

In merely half a minute, these nearly two hundred cultivators had all lost their breath!

A Spiritual Fire burned away, and the breeze scattered the ashes without leaving a trace, making it seem as if those cultivators never appeared at all.

Li Zhirui did not look back at Jade Immortal City, but rumors about him spread throughout the city.

After all, nearly two hundred cultivators were wiped out, not a single person escaped, which many people found extremely exaggerated, even impossible to achieve!

The event occurred right beside them, how could they not feel shocked?

Everyone speculated, believing he was surely a deeply hidden Great Ability of the Immortal Realm, otherwise, it would be impossible to possess such powerful strength.

Quite a few cultivators felt fortunate, relieved they hadn’t gone along, otherwise, they would have lost their lives.

…

The much-discussed Li Zhirui was now walking on the land of Yumen State.

Unlike Shanhai State and Cave Abyss State, Yumen State had no plains, everywhere was hilly mountains, rolling and undulating.

Perhaps because of this geographical environment, the mineral resources here were incredibly rich, equally affecting the temperaments of the cultivators.

After all, under He Jiaming’s prohibition against mining and selling ores, what was most needed was the courage to face death fearlessly!

Given Yumen State’s vastness and the widespread mineral veins, how could the He Family monitor every corner? Illegal mining was very common.

Hence, the local cultivators’ fierce nature preferred to speak with strength, with fists, resulting in frequent ambushes along the way to Yumen State.

Li Zhirui encountered several waves of cultivators ambushing and intercepting him in just a few days’ journey.

Although they hadn’t caused him any harm, he inevitably felt annoyed and finally could not help but reveal his cultivation level.

Once his Human Immortal cultivation was out, those pesky flies finally disappeared, allowing him to peacefully enjoy the scenery without interruption.

Li Zhirui did not know how to solve the problems he encountered in cultivation, so he could only go with the flow.

Maybe during some instance of enjoying the scenery, he might have some insight and take that step?

So he now completely eased his mental state, no longer in a hurry to find a breakthrough method, letting everything happen naturally.

Two blossoms bloom, each expressing their own.

Fengqi State, Charming Mountain, ranked among the top three Immortal Tao influences in East Continent!

“Finally, there’s new progress, we can try to modify the Eight-direction Heavenly Pillar Array and embed the improved Lotus Seed Skill into it. If everything goes as we envision, we won’t need to worry about the Demonic Tao secretly infiltrating East Continent, polluting the Spirit Vein and demonizing the world.”

With the combined forces of the East Continent Immortal Tao, they finally completed the last link Elder Qing proposed!

They delayed so long, not due to a lack of capability, as the improved Lotus Seed Skill had been completed ages ago.

It’s just that because the Heavenly Pillar Array was an incredibly complex and intricate Formation, they now sought to add two entirely new functions into it without affecting its original function, the difficulty was naturally enormous.

These two functions are the Evil Seeking Skills and Lotus Seed Skill; the former for monitoring and searching, the latter specializing in purification.

Once successful, in case of signs of evil filth, the array would immediately react, alerting nearby forces, saving the Immortal Tao tremendous time and energy, and furthermore can purify it.

“How were the previous experiment results?”

“Everything was perfect, without a single flaw.”

“Since that’s the case, then notify the other Immortal Tao influences and inform them of the Methods.”

Of course, this is not freely provided, given the extensive efforts during the simulations, if there was no gain, who would willingly engage in such thankless tasks in the future?

“Yes!”

Buzz——

With everything ready, the Heavenly Pillar Array was once again activated.

Previously, it might appear hard-pressed once every hundred years, but now there have been two instances in less than fifty years.

This time, no one wasted words, waiting for the cultivators of Charming Mountain to speak.

“The purpose of gathering Fellow Daoists this time is singular, after multiple tests, our Charming Mountain has successfully integrated two Methods into the Heavenly Pillar Array model, with excellent results.”

The Sect Leader spoke: “For this matter, Charming Mountain has paid a great price, so if Fellow Daoists need it, please state the items for trade.”

Some words are inconvenient for the lofty Heavenly Immortals to say, naturally left to the Sect Leader to narrate.

“Here’s what should be done, everyone can understand.”

“Such incredible Charming Mountain, pioneering Methods and Divine Power, truly unparalleled!”

People spoke in succession, expressing understanding, for if it were them, they would surely do the same.

Most influences opted to purchase from Charming Mountain, only a few exceptions, either due to significant investments in Methods nearing success and reluctance to give up, or financial constraints with insufficient funds.

Charming Mountain holds a sense of top-tier influence responsibility, offering lower prices for medium and small influences.

Yet within that, there’s one exception: the Li Family!

Not due to either reason stated, but purely because it’s unnecessary.

The Li Family had a similar setup long ago, with no need to spend Spirit Stones purchasing again.

Moreover, being the family likely housing the sole entity in the Primal Spirit Realm capable of comprehending the Purification Principle with Li Zhirui present, there’s no worry about such matters.

After the transaction concluded, the Heavenly Pillar Array also shut down as no influence is willing to activate this Swallowing Gold Beast for long periods.

The first thing the various Immortal Tao influences did upon acquiring the Methods was embedding it into the Heavenly Pillar Array!

Charming Mountain proved to be a fantastic seller, not only detailing the Methods but even explaining how to embed them, practically handholding them through the process.

Under their guidance, forces such as Cave Abyss Sect, Yumen He Family, and others quickly succeeded.

Those with slightly less power also completed the embedding within a few days.

Then Cave Abyss Sect surprisingly discovered a place within their territory with extreme concentrations of evil energy and enormous area!

“What’s going on?”

The Sect Leader and Elders of Cave Abyss Sect were astonished, knowing at a glance it wasn’t a short-term cause, very likely related to previous Demon Cultivator purges.

Their first reaction was naturally to activate part of the Heavenly Pillar Array and dispatch disciples to employ the Lotus Seed Skill to purify the dense evil energy locally.

But the results greatly disappointed Cave Abyss Sect.

The dual approach had effects, but could only curb the expansion of the evil energy, not entirely eradicate it!

The reason was none other, as the evil energy had lingered for too long, constantly accumulating and sedimenting, most importantly, it was not rootless but with a polluted Spirit Vein, capable of continuously generating evil energy!

Under such circumstances, being able to curb expansion already made the two Methods remarkably strong.