Infinite Save: I Cultivate Immortality Through Reincarnation

Wei Yiming glanced a few more times in Chu Fan’s direction, then spoke:

”What is your name?”

Even though Chu Fan had already stated his name, he asked again.

It was as if he was confirming something.

”This junior is named Chu Fan!”

Chu Fan’s voice rang out, firm and resolute.

”Mm.”

Wei Yiming nodded, then finally shifted his gaze away from Chu Fan.

Seeing this, Li Quan, the leader of Xuanqi Cult, stepped forward a few paces, stood at the edge of the floating stone platform, channeled true qi from his Martial Spring up to his throat, and then announced in a clear voice:

”The Four Kingdoms Dao Discussion, begins!”His voice echoed through Zhenji Gate.

Zhenji Gate was said to be able to accommodate up to two hundred thousand people standing on the square at once.

But at this moment, the common folk gathered here to gaze upon the figures of the Upper Immortals on the floating stone platform had already exceeded six hundred thousand people.

It was practically shoulder-to-shoulder.

Chen Yan, Zhou Jinyun, and Su Hongzhen stood among the crowd, a hundred zhang away from the floating stone platform.

The city’s citizens, who clearly couldn’t see anything clearly from this distance, still craned their necks high, desperately pushing forward:

”Immortal Master! Immortal Master!”

”Upper Immortals above, bless us!”

In these few secular kingdoms bordering Mirage Palace, the common people’s attitude toward cultivators was extremely fanatical.

The reason had been stated before: these four kingdoms, by actively tying themselves to Mirage Palace, had been unable to develop, flourish, decline, perish, and repeat the cycle like normal dynasties.

The current secular kingdoms had all grown very decrepit, especially Lu Kingdom, which was already on the verge of collapse.

These secular kingdoms could no longer maintain their own operation.

At this point, the cultivation families and sects supported by Mirage Palace stepped in to fill the gap.

Although Mirage Palace could not interfere in mundane affairs,

They could still revitalize the situation as much as possible by supporting cultivation families rooted in the mortal world.

For instance, in Lu Kingdom, the cultivation families would almost every month set up porridge stations on the streets to feed the poor.

This was why the common people held such deep admiration and devotion for cultivators.

”...With several Qi Sea Realm cultivators overseeing the scene, things might be more troublesome than I imagined.”

Zhou Jinyun stood at Chen Yan’s side, her eyes locked on Wei Yiming’s figure on the floating stone platform, and whispered.

If it were just one or two Qi Sea Realm cultivators, Zhou Jinyun could still use her illusion arts to maneuver around them and achieve her goal of kidnapping Wei Yiming.

However, this Four Kingdoms Dao Discussion was on a much larger scale than she had originally anticipated, making it far more difficult to handle.

The current situation was quite thorny.

”It’s not just those few Qi Sea Realm cultivators that simple.”

Chen Yan, dressed in plain white robes, said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jinyun was momentarily taken aback, then seemed to suddenly realize something:

”Senior Chen, do you mean... that Grand Elder Jing is also here?”

Chen Yan, standing beside her, said nothing, only silently confirming.

Of course, Zhou Jinyun’s first thought was Grand Elder Jing, because whether it was back in Jiangdu Prefecture or later at Moxu Mountain, it was Grand Elder Jing Bai, that former Supreme Martial Pacification Court member, who had been pulling the strings behind everything.

If Grand Elder Jing had now appeared in Lu Kingdom’s capital, that meant...

It was very likely that something similar to what had happened before was about to occur again.

Zhou Jinyun could perfectly imagine it.

Even though she was only fifteen this year, young and still lacking in experience, it had to be said that she was a very sharp child.

She understood very well what Grand Elder Jing and the people behind him were scheming.

These people were trampling on Mirage Palace’s bottom line, touching upon absolute taboos.

If they succeeded, the consequences that would directly follow were still unknown.

But one thing was certain: Mirage Palace would be utterly disgraced, its reputation even worse than the period tens of thousands of years ago when Pure Dust True Person Qiu Siruo pointed her finger at them, hurling insults and humiliating them to the bone.

No, this wasn’t just a matter of reputation damage.

It could even be denounced as a demonic sect, expelled from the ranks of the Five Great Sects forever.

And there would be no chance of redemption.

Because the world would forever remember that Mirage Palace once possessed a kind of illusion art that could forcibly possess the bodies of other cultivators... no, such a level of technique had completely broken free from the scope of illusion arts.

It should more accurately be called an evil art.

Zhou Jinyun believed that Mirage Palace would inevitably be destroyed by this evil art.

”Senior Chen, so that means...”

Zhou Jinyun began.

”First, there were the three thousand people of the Kang Mansion in Jiangdu Prefecture, then over seventy thousand cultivators at Moxu Mountain. As for now...”

Lu Kingdom, Dongzuo City.

As the capital of this lifeless and overly bloated dynasty, it housed over three million ordinary people.

But was Mirage Palace’s target this time just Dongzuo City?

The leaders of the top cultivation sects from the four secular kingdoms bordering Mirage Palace had all gathered on that floating stone platform a hundred zhang away.

The total population of these four secular kingdoms reached nearly three hundred million.

This was the worst possible outcome.

Mirage Palace, of course, wouldn’t bear any responsibility. On the lands of the Western Region of Chenping Continent, they had ten thousand ways to shift the blame onto someone else.

But Chen Yan was no longer willing to stand idly by.

Back at Moxu Mountain, he had already sensed what was about to happen there, and the reason he chose to do nothing was because he didn’t want to alert the enemy prematurely; that wasn’t the best timing.

But this time was different.

He had a chance to gain leverage for negotiating with Mirage Palace.

”I’ll step in.”

Just as Zhou Jinyun was finding herself in a very difficult position, Chen Yan spoke.

She was somewhat stunned.

Because Zhou Jinyun had never expected that Senior Chen would be willing to act.

”Of course, my target won’t be Wei Yiming, but Kang Zongdan, or rather, Chu Fan.”

Chen Yan continued.

He understood very well how important Chu Fan was to Grand Elder Jing’s faction within Mirage Palace. Otherwise, a great power of the Seventh Realm like Grand Elder Jing wouldn’t be hiding in the shadows like a personal bodyguard, protecting Chu Fan.

And right at Mirage Palace’s doorstep.

If they could capture Chu Fan here, it would be equivalent to having half of the bargaining chips needed to negotiate with Mirage Palace.

As for the other half, it was the evidence that Mirage Palace was researching the possession technique.

This meant—

”Now, there are two choices.”

Chen Yan said slowly:

”One is to act immediately, now, and kidnap Chu Fan from Dongzuo City.”

”And the other?”

Zhou Jinyun asked.

”Let these common people be slaughtered to the last, and then deal with everything.”

Chen Yan replied.