Holy body, start with the Five Animal Exercises

198: I won’t leave!Lin Mingzhi shivered, his mind still muddled, then shivered again and barely managed to sit up.

”I-Immortal Ancestor, how did you… come here?” he slurred, a little intimidated, but his body clearly didn’t agree.

He raised a jar of wine to the Immortal Ancestor’s eyes and said boldly, ”Immortal Ancestor! Spicy! Refreshing!”

The Immortal Ancestor didn’t get angry. He took the wine jar, waved his hand, and a golden light swept over Lin Mingzhi, instantly sobering him up.

Lin Mingzhi quickly stood up, swallowing, ”I-Immortal Ancestor! Why are you here?!”

The Immortal Ancestor smiled, ”It’s nothing, I have some matters to discuss with King Qin.”

Lin Mingzhi looked enlightened, nodding repeatedly, ”Oh, oh, oh! I’ll go down now!”

With that, he flipped directly off the rooftop.

After he left, the Immortal Ancestor sat down. With only a few months of Lifespan left, he no longer cared about his image.

Gulp, gulp, gulp~

After a few gulps of strong wine, he looked at the jar with some surprise, ”This wine… it’s potent!”

Qin Jiang smiled at his words, ”I have some more, should I get you a few more jars?”

The Immortal Ancestor shook his head, ”No need, I am old after all, I can’t drink too much.”

Qin Jiang nodded, ”Immortal Ancestor, what brings you here?”

The Immortal Ancestor was silent for a moment, then sighed, ”The Immortal Ancestor of Huai Country and the Immortal Ancestor of Rong Country found the Immortal Ancestor of Xiong Country’s secluded cultivation spot and helped him recover his strength.”

”The Immortal Ancestor of Xiong Country? Is he very strong?” Qin Jiang asked.

”Very strong, at the Peak of the Middle Stage. Only by wielding the divine iron rod could I heavily injure him, but even then, it was only a heavy injury,” the Immortal Ancestor said.

”It’s fine, merely the Peak of the Middle Stage. My Nine Provinces Overlord Cauldron has reached Perfection, which is enough to deal with him,” Qin Jiang said.

With his current strength, after activating the overlord cauldron, he was definitely among the strongest at the Peak of the Middle Stage, capable of fighting back even against a Half-step Late-Stage True Immortal.

He didn’t believe that the Immortal Ancestor of Xiong Country would also possess a Late Stage Immortal Artifact like the Dragon Emperor.

The Immortal Ancestor was stunned by his words, then still shook his head, ”I am very pleased you have this confidence, but if it were that simple, I wouldn’t have needed to come here. I would have already taken the Eastern Wood Rod to fight the Immortal Ancestor of Xiong Country to the death.”

”Oh? Are you worried about the Immortal Ancestor of Huai Country and the Immortal Ancestor of Rong Country? They are insignificant, not worth mentioning,” Qin Jiang said.

Although troublesome, as long as he spent half a month, these two fellows were not impossible to kill.

”It’s not them; it’s much more serious than that. After the Immortal Ancestor of Xiong Country recovered, he formed alliances, gathering thirteen True Immortal Rank experts in the imperial capital of Xiong Country.

Among them, no less than five are Middle Stage True Immortals, and all possess top-tier Immortal Artifacts, their strength comparable to an ordinary Late Stage Middle Stage True Immortal.

The remaining Early Stage True Immortals also each hold a top-tier Immortal Artifact, enough to exert strength comparable to a Middle Stage True Immortal,” the Immortal Ancestor said with some bitterness.

Qin Jiang’s eyes narrowed, ”Meaning… thirteen Middle Stage True Immortals.”

Even he would surely die against thirteen Middle Stage True Immortals!

In the history of the Divine Land for nearly ten thousand years, there had never been an instance of thirteen True Immortals acting together.

Not to mention thirteen Middle Stage True Immortals; this was an invincible force capable of sweeping away anything below a Late-Stage True Immortal.

The Immortal Ancestor nodded slightly, ”That’s right.”

”Then why haven’t they attacked?” Qin Jiang asked.

With such strength, let alone Xia Country, even Dragon Island, if Ao Yun hadn’t recovered to a Realm above Middle Stage True Immortal, it would be difficult to resist this force.

True Immortals, known as beings of boundless Lifespan, if not considering forces of the same level, truly possessed the power to annihilate a country.

”They won’t come until I die. But my Lifespan is now less than three months.”

At this, the Immortal Ancestor looked at Qin Jiang, ”Take your people and leave.”

”Leave? Where to?”

”Overseas.”

”Overseas? Are you referring to the other side of the Sea Abyss?”

Qin Jiang asked with some surprise, could it be that the Immortal Ancestor had a way to cross it? Was it a method left by the First Ancestor of the Xia Emperor back then?

”You know about the Sea Abyss?” The Immortal Ancestor was a little surprised. The location of the Sea Abyss was extremely far from Xia Country; logically, Qin Jiang shouldn’t have had the chance to go there.

”Yes, I’ve been there. I tried to cross it, but failed. There’s a mysterious power covering it, and I couldn’t Breakthrough,” Qin Jiang said.

The Immortal Ancestor nodded slightly at his words, ”Indeed. However, Jiang Yun’s Bloodline within your sect is special. He possesses a Sea-Splitting Boat and controls a special passage that can cross the Sea Abyss.”

”Jiang Yun? Is he really from the other side of the Sea Abyss?”

Qin Jiang was somewhat surprised. Although he had speculated before, he found it hard to imagine how Jiang Yun had come over.

He had previously guessed many methods for crossing the Sea Abyss, but he never thought it would be as simple as sailing a boat across the sea.

”Yes, he actually didn’t cross the sea in recent years. Back then, to extend my Lifespan, I went to the Ten Thousand Mountains to find my original rooting place, enlightened Xiao Mu, and discovered the abandoned Sea-Splitting Boat.

Afterward, I left Xiao Mu there to grow, brought the Sea-Splitting Boat back, and after a thousand years, finally repaired it, and thus discovered Jiang Yun within the Sea-Splitting Boat.

He didn’t know these things before. If it weren’t for the emergency, I might never have told him any of this.”

The Immortal Ancestor said. The Xiao Mu he spoke of was actually the Sect Leader of Changshou.

”So that’s how it is. It seems Jiang Yun’s identity is not simple. To possess such a rare treasure and control a passage across the Sea Abyss, he must at least be from a True Immortal Dao lineage, or even possibly a Late-Stage True Immortal,” Qin Jiang said.

The Immortal Ancestor shook his head, ”I didn’t ask. If you want to know, go find him yourself.”

After a slight pause, he continued, ”This Sea-Splitting Boat can hold a thousand people. I’ve arranged for three hundred people from the imperial capital, and Jiang Yun also has a quota of three hundred people. You choose the remaining four hundred. At that time, they will be entrusted to you.”

Qin Jiang smiled at his words, ”Immortal Ancestor, you’ve really given me a difficult problem.”

Just the people from Black Mountain City and the Xu Family of the Dragon Family were more than three to five thousand, and even just the core members exceeded four hundred.

Not to mention, there were also some friends like Liu Yize and Lin Mingzhi.

He looked up slightly; it was truly not an easy choice.

”However, will they agree to let me leave?”

He spoke, letting go of such an unprecedented super True God like himself, weren’t they afraid he would return for revenge one day?

The Immortal Ancestor chuckled, ”Of course, this is an agreement. It binds them and it binds me. If I fight to the death, their countries will suffer greatly. Among the thirteen, I can take out half.

But if I truly do that, then... Xia Country will be annihilated, ten thousand li will be barren, evaporated by endless Immortal light.

But if I die peacefully, you can leave, and Xia Country can lose fewer people.”

Qin Jiang fell silent at his words, just fewer deaths?

Half a month later, on the shores of the Mo Sea.

Jiang Yun, facing the sea breeze, took out a jade bead from his embrace. The jade bead expanded with the wind, instantly transforming into a giant ship. The people waiting on the shore boarded in an orderly fashion under the arrangements of Lin Mingzhi and Xu Yanran.

After arranging the Sea-Splitting Boat, Jiang Yun looked to the side. Qin Jiang was sitting on a reef by the shore.

”Sect Master, let’s board the ship too.”

Qin Jiang remained silent at his words, gazing quietly into the distance. That was the direction of Wanghai City, but as winter approached, sparse snowflakes obscured his vision.

”Brother Jiang, do you think I should just leave like this?”

Jiang Yun was startled at his words, ”Sect Master, this is not your fault, and no one will blame you. It’s not impossible to return in the future.”

Qin Jiang didn’t speak, but a gloom appeared between his brows, his mood seemingly infecting heaven and earth. Clouds gathered across the sky, their color gradually deepening.

His gaze pierced through the falling snow, seeing that lonely city. On the city walls, banners fluttered, embroidered with a grand character, ’Qin’, in a vigorous, Dragon and Phoenix style.

That was his royal banner.

Suddenly, he remembered that day, countless people crying in the streets, old women holding the bones of their sons, children searching for their families.

”I’m not leaving,” he said.

Jiang Yun was stunned at his words, ”Not leaving? But if you stay here… that’s thirteen Middle Stage True Immortals! You can’t win.”

Qin Jiang’s eyes were calm, but something was contained within them, ”If I leave, then I let these common people search the world for the bones of their children?”

Then this martial Dao is not worth cultivating!”