Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

The sky was crystal clear, with a gentle breeze brushing against the face.

After the flying boat passed through the Great Marsh Mountains, Qin Chuan looked at this familiar land, and his taut nerves finally relaxed, feeling an unparalleled ease and comfort.

Especially after the ancestor took Li Ji’an’s Antitoxic Pill, he regained consciousness in a month, and had already recovered a lot. At most, he would need half a year of rest to return to his original state.

”Chuan’Er, you must remember Xiaoli’s kindness in your heart. As long as the Qin Family exists, we must strive to repay it.” Qin Henian, sitting cross-legged next to Qin Chuan, transmitted his voice with instructions.

After regaining consciousness, he learned the entire process from Qin Chuan.

This brush with death left a deep impression on him.

Especially witnessing before falling unconscious how Li Ji’an, merely a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, used himself as bait to lure away a corpse puppet equivalent to the Core Formation level.

He empathized with such behavior, which must have been driven by the resolve to face death.

At that time, he decided to lure the corpse puppet away mainly for Qin Chuan, the young hope of the Qin Family, with a mind still full of personal concerns.

But Li Ji’an’s actions seemed more like a heroic act of sacrificing himself for justice.

”Ancestor, I will remember this in my heart!” Qin Chuan nodded heavily in agreement.

At this moment, Li Ji’an came out of the cabin.

”Senior Li.”

”Xiaoli, how is Xiaoyan doing?” Qin Henian smiled kindly.

Li Ji’an smiled slightly, ”It’s no longer serious. She should recover in a few more days.”

”That’s good, that’s good indeed. I’m so ashamed this time. I aimed to protect you all safely but nearly led you to the abyss, hahaha.” Qin Henian laughed at himself.

”Senior, that’s too much. It’s only the demon cultivators who are audacious enough to penetrate to such a level.” Li Ji’an felt slightly embarrassed.

Qin Henian nodded secretly, pondered for a moment, and suddenly raised his eyes, ”Since it has come to this, I will not hide it from you.”

”Xiaoli, do you still remember the demon cultivators you encountered outside the market in the Odd Stone Forest?”

Li Ji’an nodded.

”Actually, those demon cultivators were deliberately let in by the Ten Thousand Laws Palace and several sects,” Qin Henian said in a lowered voice.

”Deliberately let in? Why?” Qin Chuan asked in surprise.

Qin Henian sighed, ”Ah, it’s all because of that old thief from the Liu Family who practices demon techniques.”

”The Holy Palace and several sects wish to capture that old creature alive to ascertain the origins of the demon techniques, and also... and also the matter of the Core Formation Holy Medicine Pill formula that was secretly transmitted previously...”

”They found nothing in the domain back then, and someone from the Holy Palace suspected that the old thief escaped to the Boundless Domain, so they wanted to go in for a search, and then negotiated with the Demon Sect of the Boundless Domain.

In the end, both parties reached an agreement to exchange access to each other’s cultivation domains.

However, both sides were apprehensive, so it was limited to cultivators below the Core Formation stage.”

This kind of secret was only known to the upper levels of the Cultivation Realm, and even Qin Henian could only guess before.

It was not until demon cultivators appeared near the Spirit Vein Dao Field in the Odd Stone Forest that Qin Henian used his connections to obtain this accurate information from the higher-ups of the Biyun Sect.

Upon hearing the ins and outs, Qin Chuan frowned, ”No wonder demon cultivators appear frequently in Cangyun State. So that’s why... But aren’t the sect true inheritors who enter the Demon Realm afraid of being harmed by demon cultivators?”

Li Ji’an was actually not surprised by this news, as he had already received confirmation from Master Jade Pill and Xiao Changfeng’s communication before.

After contemplating for a while, Qin Henian added, ”Besides, there is another agreement that True Pill Masters won’t take the field.”

”No wonder the demon cultivators from the Odd Stone Forest have been reported to the sect for a long time without seeing any action from the sect!” Qin Chuan suddenly realized.

Qin Henian nodded, then said, ”However, this agreement is likely about to be broken now.”

”Why?”

”Because I killed that female demon cultivator,” Qin Henian’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Before Qin Chuan could ask further, he continued, ”A few days ago, I sent a message to True Man Fang at the border of the Demon Realm to inquire about the situation, and learned that the relationship between both sides is about to break down.”

”The reason is that the Blood Spirit Sect Saintess’s Soul Token shattered.”

Qin Chuan was startled, ”Is it that witch?”

”Exactly!”

”Before this, both sides occasionally had casualties. Previously, even the true inheritor Jiang of the Biyun Sect fell in the Demon Realm, but it was mostly attributed to inadequate skills, and the Biyun Sect never pursued it.

However, this time, the Blood Spirit Sect to which the Blood Spirit Saintess belonged holds a status in the Demon Realm second only to the Corpse Puppet Sect, and the Blood Spirit Saintess, besides being the saintess of the Blood Spirit Sect, is also the biological daughter of the current sect leader of the Blood Spirit Sect, and she supposedly carries some kind of Blood Spirit Sect’s core inheritance secret technique with her.

Thus, the attitude of the Blood Spirit Sect is extremely firm this time.

They declared that if the Celestial Cyan Domain doesn’t provide a satisfactory response, they will launch a massacre against the righteous cultivators in the Demon Realm!” Qin Henian’s expression turned a few shades more solemn.

”...” Qin Chuan’s heart tightened instantly upon hearing this.

He previously inquired the ancestor if they needed to promptly report their experience to the Biyun Sect.

But at that time, Qin Henian had never agreed, appearing somewhat conflicted.

Now, he finally understood Qin Henian’s concern.

From the fact that the Ten Thousand Laws Palace led the negotiations with the Demon Realm this time, it was obvious that there is no real distinction between righteous and demon paths in this world, only interests.

For the Core Formation Holy Medicine Pill Formula, the Ten Thousand Laws Palace can cooperate with the Demon Realm, which was once their enemy.

In order to protect the core disciples of the Ten Thousand Laws Palace and other sects, exterminating the Qin Family might even be possible.

Li Ji’an now understood the reason Qin Henian spoke these words.

This was actually what worried him, too, when facing the two demon cultivators before.

”Rest assured, senior. I will keep this experience confidential,” Li Ji’an took the lead in expressing his stance.

Qin Chuan immediately nodded, ”I will take this secret to my grave.”

Qin Henian, however, smiled awkwardly and waved his hand, ”There’s no need to worry too much. After all, the Blood Spirit Sect is not the Corpse Puppet Sect, and cannot truly hold sway over the Demon Realm. Besides... the sects of the Celestial Cyan Domain Holy Palace may not necessarily concede either. After all, the agreement said from the beginning that both sides would only ensure that True Pill level individuals wouldn’t take action, leaving the rest to fend for themselves.”