Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 2293 - 1615: Settlement

Li Zhirui certainly wouldn’t consider himself a caretaker working tirelessly; that’s not what he intends to be.

Youzhou and Mingzhou directly share a border, which means the distance isn’t very far. It didn’t take long for him to enter Mingzhou’s territory.

As soon as he arrived, he keenly sensed something was amiss in Mingzhou.

The previously omnipresent evil qi, death energy, and other sinister energies had completely vanished!

Judging from these aspects, it seemed impossible that this place was still amidst a calamity.

”The Lotus Seed Skill has already spread back to Mingzhou this quickly?”

Li Zhirui was somewhat surprised. He had thought the Lotus Seed Skill would eventually become widespread, but isn’t the speed a bit too fast?

He had taught it to the cultivators in Guangzhou only a little over half a month ago.

Looking at the current situation in Mingzhou, it must have taken thousands of cultivators applying the Lotus Seed Skill tirelessly for nearly ten days to achieve such a result.

In other words, just a few days after he shared the Lotus Seed Skill, it had reached Mingzhou and spread extremely quickly.

”It seems the people have long suffered under the great calamity,” Li Zhirui said with a half-smile.

Otherwise, such results would not have been so swiftly achieved.

Shortly afterward, he returned to Ascension Mountain.

Upon entering the mountain gate, he transferred the excess merit from himself to the Sect to resolve the Sect’s karmic debts.

When he took action, Li Zhirui discovered a pleasant surprise.

The karmic debts of the Tongtian Sect were almost entirely resolved!

Without even transferring all of his excess merit, the Tongtian Sect’s karmic debts had been completely settled.

”What did the Sect achieve while I was away, to gain so much merit?”

He was a bit puzzled. With a move, he appeared in the Sect Hall and voiced the question.

”Sect Leader!”

Li Qiankun, who spent most of each day handling various Sect affairs, immediately stood to salute upon hearing the voice, and then responded to his question.

”Sect Leader, you may not know!”

With some excitement and enthusiasm, he began to explain, ”Not long after you left the Sect, a group of reckless cultivators attempted to attack the mountain gate but almost all of them perished here.”

Perhaps they had only recently learned that the Tongtian Sect was attacked by a coalition of multiple forces, or perhaps they knew Li Zhirui was not within the mountain gate.

It’s possible cultivators from other forces within Mingzhou were sent to probe the situation of the Tongtian Sect.

In any case, the lives of these cultivators alone helped resolve much of the Tongtian Sect’s karmic debts.

Subsequently, those disciples who went out for training seemingly provoked some formidable enemies, bringing trouble upon the Sect.

The result was that these unknown cultivators met their demise outside Ascension Mountain because they couldn’t break through the Mountain Protection Array of the Tongtian Sect.

Though this was also a regrettable affair, hundreds of disciples had ventured out to prove themselves amidst the calamity, hoping to gain merit and assist with their cultivation.

Up until now, only over a hundred have returned safely to the mountain gate.

Perhaps there are others still alive, but their numbers won’t be too many.

However, their adventurous actions brought considerable benefits to themselves.

Having personally experienced brutal fighting and warfare, their mentality and Dao Heart significantly strengthened, growing more resilient and steadfast.

Additionally, they obtained many spiritual objects and merit rewards from the Heavenly Dao from their enemies.

All of these can ultimately become resources for their own cultivation.

Once the calamity is over, without incident, they can expect to reap substantial rewards.

Lastly, it’s the contribution of the Lotus Seed Skill propagated by Li Zhirui, which helped the Tongtian Sect resolve much of its karmic debts.

Thus, upon his return, the Sect’s karmic burdens were nearly exhausted.

For such an outcome, he was naturally quite pleased. At the very least, he wouldn’t need to figure out how to resolve the remaining karmic debts after exhausting his own merit.

”Do you know what happened in the Cloud Continent?” Li Zhirui suddenly recalled the group of Mystic Immortal Cultivators moving northward from the Cloud Continent.

Li Qiankun shook his head blankly. He wasn’t very informed about the Cloud Continent, considering most of Mingzhou lay between them.

Recently, the only news concerning the Cloud Continent was that a large-scale battle erupted there a few days ago!

”If I remember correctly, this battle drew in nearly a hundred thousand cultivators, leaving a devastating outcome where hardly one in ten survived, almost razing the Cloud Continent to the ground.”

”Around when did this occur?” Li Zhirui pressed on.

”About ten days ago. Because of the distance from the Sect, our intelligence wasn’t very precise.”

Seeing his apparent concern for the Cloud Continent’s situation, Li Qiankun couldn’t help but say, ”If the Sect Leader wishes to know about the Cloud Continent, I can have more information gathered.”

”No need for that trouble, I just want to verify some information.”

Li Zhirui shook his head slightly, quickly calculating in his mind.

Shortly after the Mystic Immortal Cultivators left, a great battle erupted in the Cloud Continent!

Could it be that they caused the battle? And their goal was to incite a war? What benefit would they gain from doing so?

No, that’s not right!

Because those cultivators were guided there by him, had he not initiated things, they wouldn’t have been able to proceed.

Moreover, Li Zhirui was very confident and did not believe he was caught in their schemes.

They’re just a group of Mystic Immortal Cultivators after all; even if they’re more powerful, there’s no way they could have plotted against him.

Though he’s uncertain about the reason, he senses the war had little to do with those Mystic Immortal Cultivators, at least not something they deliberately orchestrated.

”Forget it.”

He decided not to dwell on matters that were hard to figure out and said, ”Now that the Sect’s karmic debts are all settled, unless there’s a special situation, everyone should remain peacefully within the mountain gate until the calamity ends.”

”Understood!” Li Qiankun immediately agreed, as this also aligned with his own thinking.

Don’t be deceived by Tongtian Sect’s current power, capable even of subjugating three renowned Heavenly Immortal forces; it’s actually like a building in the air, with a highly unstable foundation.

There’s now time to solidify the foundation well.

Even though the calamity isn’t over and cultivation is unfeasible, reviewing previous cultivation to address any remnant shortcomings and vulnerabilities is beneficial.

In addition, this time can be used to improve one’s skills, practice with fellow disciples, and boost combat effectiveness.

In short, if one desires, there are always tasks to undertake.

Li Zhirui has never meddled in such matters, leaving them entirely to Li Qiankun to organize.

He merely left behind some spiritual objects obtained during his travels, providing a few bottles of cultivation elixirs, before leaving the Sect Hall.

He had spent too much time on Sect affairs, hindering any significant progress in his own cultivation.

At the same time, he reminded Li Qiankun not to neglect cultivation, to avoid future regrets and remorse.

In Li Zhirui’s view, nothing is more important than one’s realm and cultivation!

And this is a fundamental understanding that every cultivator should possess!

Of course, for some cultivators, there are indeed things more important than realms and cultivation.

This simply comes down to differing perspectives.

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On the other side.

Cold Continent Snowfield.

The group of Mystic Immortal Cultivators that Li Zhirui had been thinking about had already swiftly laid the foundational array patterns of the Evil Spirit Reversal Array amidst this icy landscape.

Furthermore, having extracted the polluted Spirit Vein from the Cloud Continent, large patches of the previously pristine snow began to turn black!

The originally thin spiritual energy of the Cold Continent became much denser, but this energy was polluted and unusable for cultivation.