Chapter 78: Chapter 78: The Beast Tide Subsides

High above, Fenglan Master and the young Cyan Python were at a disadvantage.

Below, the low-tier Cultivators in the Immortal City faced an ocean of surging Demon Beasts. Even with a Tier Three Array absorbing most of the pressure, they were beginning to falter.

On a section of the city wall, Dai Sangyu was not controlling her Flying Sword, but instead wielding a jet-black, axe-shaped Dharma Artifact.

The axe Dharma Artifact swelled to the size of a door panel and tore relentlessly through the beast tide, specifically targeting the Tier Two Demon Beasts. After killing two of them, however, she felt her Magical Power draining too quickly and had to retreat behind the walls to recover it.

As she recovered her Magical Power, her gaze drifted involuntarily to her master fighting the Tier Three Great Demon in the sky, her face clouded with worry.

She was skilled enough to tell that her master and the young Cyan Python were at a disadvantage, but there was nothing her worry could accomplish.

’If I were a true Sword Cultivator, I could use the power of a Lifebound Flying Sword to ease some of the pressure on Master. But I’m not a Sword Cultivator. Even the telepathic Flying Sword was left to me by Elder Xu; it’s not my own.’

’If it were my own Flying Sword, I’d risk its destruction, even if it meant my own death!’

’But if the sword Elder Xu left behind is destroyed... how could we ever find his reincarnation? Master has been waiting a full two hundred years for him!’

Thinking this, a decision gradually formed in her heart.

Moments later, having recovered some of her Magical Power, Dai Sangyu didn’t return to the city wall. Instead, she mounted her sword and flew directly toward Cyan Dragon Mountain.

...

"This isn’t looking good!" Li Ping said, watching the great battle in the sky with concern from his position in Old Man Lin’s general store.

The main reason he was in the Outer City was so he could maintain a clear grasp of the situation. If Fenglan Master really couldn’t hold on and decided to flee, he could take the opportunity to escape in the ensuing chaos.

He had also warned Zhang Tie and the other four to keep a close watch on the battle’s developments.

Only Teng Feng was unreachable. Li Ping didn’t know if he was still outside the walls, unable to get in, or if something had genuinely happened to him. But in the current circumstances, Li Ping couldn’t spare him a thought.

...

For some time now, whenever a major battle broke out, Li Ping would pack all his belongings and head to the Outer City to watch.

He could sense that the Immortal City’s situation was growing increasingly dire; it felt like they were spread too thin, unable to handle one crisis without another erupting elsewhere.

The main reason was the battle between the Core Formation experts in the sky: Fenglan Master and the young Cyan Python were at a disadvantage.

Between Cultivators, each tier represents a world of difference in combat power.

If their Core Formation protector were to be defeated, the low-tier Cultivators would have no choice but to flee for their lives.

The same was true for Li Ping. No matter how many Tier Two Middle Grade Spirit Talismans he had on him, they would be completely useless against the incredible speed of a Tier Three Demon Beast.

He had only been able to give Zhang Tie and the other four two Tier Two Spirit Talismans each, instructing them to regroup with him as soon as the situation turned south so they could figure out a way to retreat together.

...

「In a secret chamber on Cyan Dragon Mountain.」

A short, chubby old man in green robes was still leisurely drinking tea, completely unconcerned with the brutal battle outside the Immortal City. A faint smile was ever-present on his face, as if nothing in the world could move him.

At that moment, Dai Sangyu’s voice sounded from outside the chamber. "This junior requests an audience with Senior Huang."

Senior Huang raised an eyebrow slightly, but his faint smile quickly returned. "Come in, young friend Dai," he said in a clear voice.

"What matter brings you to see me, young friend Dai?" Senior Huang asked, sizing her up. He seemed to have taken an interest in this Sword Cultivator.

Dai Sangyu didn’t waste any words. She bowed and said directly, "This junior begs Senior Huang to intervene and kill the Demon Beasts attacking the city."

"The Demon Beasts?" Senior Huang gave her a deep look, placed his teacup on the table, and then casually shook his head. "Young friend Dai, it’s not that I’m unwilling to help, but I have a duty and cannot act rashly! Alliance Leader Xiao requested that I guard the Immortal City to prevent Demon Cultivators from harassing our rear. If I were to act against the Demon Beasts and scare away the Demon Cultivator, would I not be sacrificing the major goal for a minor one?"

Hearing Senior Huang’s words and recalling that he had already used this excuse to refuse several times, Dai Sangyu felt a surge of anger.

She dared not let it show on her face, however, and only said with desperation, "Senior Huang, the matter of the Demon Cultivator can be resolved slowly, but right now, the Immortal City is at a critical moment. If you do not act, the millions of mortals and tens of thousands of Cultivators in the city are in danger of being devoured by the beasts!"

"Heh heh..." Senior Huang completely ignored her desperation.

The three kingdoms closest to the Immortal City were the Chi Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom, and the Ji Kingdom. Each was ruled by a Core Formation Sect: the Sword Washing Pool of the Chi Kingdom, the Purple Cloud Valley of the Yue Kingdom, and the Cyan Wood Sect of the Ji Kingdom.

Among the three sects, Purple Cloud Valley had four Core Formation Cultivators, and its Grand Elder was a Late-stage Core Formation Cultivator.

With such power, the Purple Cloud Sect was the undisputed hegemon of the western region of the Western Wilderness. The five kingdoms in the western part of the Western Wilderness, including the Chi and Ji Kingdoms, all looked to the Purple Cloud Sect for leadership.

Originally, with the three kingdoms being close to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, the three great Sects enjoyed the advantage of proximity. They earned vast fortunes by providing logistics, trade, supplies, and other services for Cultivators venturing into the mountain range.

But two hundred years ago, Fenglan Master had suddenly ventured deep into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and established an Immortal City.

After the Immortal City was established, it became much more convenient for Cultivators to venture into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range from the city.

The three Sects’ geographical advantage vanished, indirectly causing them to lose a huge amount of income.

However, Fenglan Master had established the Immortal City by slaying a demon wolf, a righteous act that expanded the territory of the Human Race. She also had Alliance Leader Xiao’s endorsement and praise. After the city was established, Fenglan Master even took the initiative to give a large portion of its revenue to the three Sects.

Furthermore, Fenglan Master was not only a Core Formation Cultivator but also possessed a Tier Three Cyan Python Spirit Beast, making her quite powerful.

So, in the end, the three Sects could only swallow this bitter pill in silence.

...

But the three Sects would not simply forget the matter. The short, chubby old man was the Grand Elder of the Purple Cloud Sect, a Late-stage Core Formation Cultivator. When Alliance Leader Xiao spoke, he had come to guard the Immortal City without a word of protest, showing the Alliance Leader ample respect.

But since Alliance Leader Xiao had ordered him to deal with a Demon Cultivator conspiracy to sow chaos in the rear, then he would obediently wait for a Demon Cultivator to appear.

As for the beast tide... heh. He was more than happy to watch the Immortal City be destroyed by it. Afterward, the three Sects could simply join forces to rebuild a new Immortal City!

An Immortal City that would truly and completely belong to the three Sects!

Therefore, no matter what Dai Sangyu said now, he would not intervene.

Of course, if a Demon Cultivator were to actually appear, he would act immediately.

He would, after all, obey Alliance Leader Xiao’s orders.

...

Seeing Senior Huang’s leisurely demeanor, Dai Sangyu thought of her master fighting desperately above the Immortal City, and her heart grew ever more anxious.

In order to resolve the Immortal City’s crisis, she made an instant decision.

At once, her lips moved slightly as she began to speak to Senior Huang via voice transmission.

A moment later, after listening to Dai Sangyu’s transmission, a look of shock appeared on Senior Huang’s face. He stared at the young woman with utter disbelief. "To think such a Spirit Body still exists in the Western Wilderness! Young friend Dai, surely you’re not trying to deceive this old man?"

Hearing this, Dai Sangyu said nothing more. She simply rolled up her right sleeve, revealing a fair, jade-like arm. On her forearm, near her wrist, was a distinct mark the size of a copper coin, shaped like a five-colored lotus.

A faint radiance emanated from the mark, and across the five lotus petals, images of five True Spirits of heaven and earth—the Cyan Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Qilin—flickered in sequence, astonishingly vivid and lifelike.

"It really is the Heaven-Repairing Spirit Body!" A look of delighted surprise crossed Senior Huang’s face as he murmured in a low voice.

The Heaven-Repairing Spirit Body was a rather unique type of Spirit Body. It had appeared several times in the history of the Western Wilderness, and without exception, it always manifested in women.

However, unlike other Spirit Bodies which greatly aided their owner’s cultivation path, it was a purely altruistic Spirit Body.

Once a female Cultivator with a Heaven-Repairing Spirit Body entered the Core Formation Stage, her body would produce a substance called ’Heaven-Repairing Jade Liquid’.

A Cultivator’s Spiritual Root is determined at birth and is almost impossible to change later in life. Furthermore, one cannot cultivate without a Spiritual Root. This is common knowledge in the Cultivation Realm.

The Heaven-Repairing Jade Liquid, however, was an exception. It could allow a mortal with no Spiritual Root to cultivate!

In reality, however, no one would be so wasteful. Even if a mortal could embark on the path of cultivation using the Heaven-Repairing Jade Liquid, their aptitude would, at best, only be equivalent to that of a five-element Spiritual Root!

The true value of the Heaven-Repairing Jade Liquid was for Cultivators who already possessed a Spiritual Root. It could raise their aptitude by an entire tier!

A Cultivator with a Dual Spirit Root would become comparable to one with a Celestial Spiritual Root!

As for a Cultivator with a Celestial Spiritual Root, they would face no bottlenecks before Nascent Soul Formation!

However, the Heaven-Repairing Jade Liquid could only be obtained if the female Cultivator offered it willingly. If she was unwilling, there was no way to harvest the Jade Liquid.

And for it to take effect, the man’s Cultivation could not surpass the woman’s.

...

"Young friend Dai, I have a junior in my clan who is a Dual Spirit Root Cultivator. And he is quite handsome and dashing!" Senior Huang said, looking at Dai Sangyu with great eagerness. "If you agree to become Daoist companions with this junior of mine after you reach Core Formation, then it is not out of the question for me to help drive away the beasts!"

A Dual Spirit Root Cultivator, once they refined the Heaven-Repairing Jade Liquid, would face no more bottlenecks before the Core Formation Stage.

Senior Huang himself was old and approaching the end of his lifespan. If he could cultivate a Core Formation successor for his family before he passed away, he could be at ease about the family’s future.

Dai Sangyu’s voice was icy. "I agree to your condition, Senior. I must ask you to intervene now."

...

"Things are looking bad!" Li Ping watched the battle in the sky, his eyes filled with worry. But before he could think any further...

"ROAR—"

A sonorous dragon’s roar pierced through the layers of the array and echoed throughout the entire Immortal City.

Following that, a hundred-zhang-long phantom of a yellow dragon shot out from Cyan Dragon Mountain, howling as it transformed into an afterimage and charged directly at the female Fierce Arrowhead Eagle that was fighting the young Cyan Python.

Within the phantom, the shape of a long, spear-like Magical Treasure could be faintly seen.

BOOM!

Already exhausted from fighting the young Cyan Python for so long, the female Fierce Arrowhead Eagle had no time to react to the surprise attack. The spear pierced through it, leaving a massive hole in its abdomen as blood rained down!

"KREEE—"

The female Fierce Arrowhead Eagle let out a series of mournful cries and tried to flee, but at that moment, the young Cyan Python lashed out with its tail, entangling the eagle’s wings.

BOOM!

The yellow dragon phantom shot back like lightning and pierced straight through the female Fierce Arrowhead Eagle’s neck.

The female Fierce Arrowhead Eagle was dead.

As the female Fierce Arrowhead Eagle was killed, a figure radiating a terrifying Spiritual Pressure rose from Cyan Dragon Mountain, letting out a great laugh. "Vile beast, submit to your death!"

The tide of battle had turned in an instant.

Li Ping watched on, completely dumbfounded.

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