Chapter 52: Zhongzhou, Teleportation Formation
“Fellow Daoist, this humble one is only passing through. I have no intention of intruding.” Qingyunzi stepped out from the void and cupped his hands to you.
“A Nascent Soul cultivator! Let’s go, quickly!” Bai Ruoxi was startled and whispered to you.
After becoming a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, one could comprehend a trace of the power of laws and conceal one’s form within the void.
“Heh!” You looked at Qingyunzi, let out a cold laugh, raised the Divine Archer Bow in your hand, and fired an arrow straight at him!
“You dare!” Qingyunzi flew into a rage. Since when could a Golden Core cultivator dare to attack a Nascent Soul cultivator?
Qingyunzi had originally intended to leave, but feeling his dignity had been provoked, he struck out boldly against the arrow you shot!
A full-power strike from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator directly blocked your attack.
“Are you insane? He’s a Nascent Soul stage cultivator!” Bai Ruoxi looked at you in disbelief, feeling you were a complete madman.
“A mere Nascent Soul, it’s not like I haven’t killed one before!” With that, you nocked your bow and fired again. With the abundant spiritual power of your ninth-layer Golden Core, combined with the enhancement of an Earth-Rank Mid-Grade Artifact, every arrow could slay a first-layer Nascent Soul cultivator.
Qingyunzi, with only third-layer Nascent Soul cultivation, simply could not withstand it and could only keep dodging.
But how could the arrows fired by the Divine Archer Bow be so easy to evade?
Soon, Qingyunzi was struck and gravely wounded.
You drew your bow and nocked an arrow, preparing to shoot him dead.
“Fellow Daoist, wait!” Qingyunzi, struck by three arrows, hurried to explain. “I am the Soul-Refining Sect Master. As long as Fellow Daoist spares my life, I will surely present a generous gift!”
“Moreover, within my Soul-Refining Sect, there is still a Spirit Transformation Ancestor alive in this world. Whatever Fellow Daoist needs in the future, just ask!”
“Threatening me?” You let out a cold laugh, picked up the Divine Archer Bow, and aimed at Qingyunzi. With a swoosh, the arrow flew straight at his head!
Qingyunzi’s expression changed drastically. Gravely wounded, how could he dodge?
There was only a bang, and Qingyunzi’s entire head exploded!
His Nascent Soul left his body, only to be shot dead by another arrow from you.
“This… a Nascent Soul stage cultivator was actually shot dead by a single arrow from you? Are you really only at Golden Core cultivation!!!” Bai Ruoxi, who had witnessed the entire scene, was stunned. He felt his understanding had been overturned.
You shrugged and did not answer. Instead, you collected all the storage bags of the dead cultivators present.
Afterward, you brought Bai Ruoxi and headed straight for Central State!
“In Central State, the Six Great Powers are absolutely not to be provoked.” On the way, Bai Ruoxi patiently explained to you.
“The Three Great Holy Lands, the Two Great Immortal Dynasties, and the Immortal Treasure Pavilion!”
“If you provoke these Six Great Powers, even if you have heaven-piercing cultivation, I’m afraid you won’t be able to survive in Central State.”
“Because they can connect to the Immortals!”
“Immortals?” You suddenly thought of Shangguan Lan’s Ancestor, the founder of the Boundless Longevity Art, the Ultimate Longevity Heavenly Worthy!
You silently noted it down. This level of power was still beyond your current reach.
“So how am I supposed to get my Nascent Soul Breaking Pill?” What concerned you most right now was still how to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Immortals, things like that, were still far too distant for you.
“Uh, how about you marry into my Bai family?” Bai Ruoxi said cautiously.
You looked at him coldly and raised your hand to rub your fist.
“Cough cough, I was just joking. Don’t get excited, don’t get excited!” Cold sweat poured down Bai Ruoxi’s forehead as he hurried to explain.
“You don’t have to marry in. There are other ways.”
“Half a year from now will be the day the Four Great Families of White Emperor City select the City Lord.”
“As long as you can help my Bai family seize the position of City Lord, I believe the Clan Patriarch will definitely give you a mere Nascent Soul Breaking Pill.”
“This is your idea?” You let out a cold laugh, reached out, and clamped your hand tightly around Bai Ruoxi’s neck.
Such a clichéd plot. Without needing to think, you already knew what would happen next.
“Uh, uh, I… I was wrong.” Bai Ruoxi, about to suffocate, slapped at your arm and begged for mercy.
You released your hand, tossed Bai Ruoxi to the side, and said indifferently, “I’ll give you one last chance!”
“Cough, cough.” Bai Ruoxi took a long while to recover before continuing, “I know an alchemist. We can ask him to help refine it!”
“It’s, it’s true! That batch of ingredients for refining the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill in your hands was specially prepared by me!”
You nodded, indicating you understood.
A week later, you brought Bai Ruoxi to a city.
“This is a city built by the Immortal Treasure Pavilion. There’s a teleportation formation inside. I came to the northern part of the Heaven Mystery Continent through that teleportation formation.” Looking at the city ahead, Bai Ruoxi explained to you.
“Between the north and Central State lies the Endless Deep Forest. If an ordinary cultivator enters, certain death awaits!”
Hearing this, you nodded and prepared to fly into the city with Bai Ruoxi.
“Don’t fly! This city forbids cultivators below Spirit Transformation from flying! We’d better walk in.” Bai Ruoxi hurried to explain, afraid you would violate the rules here.
“The master of this city is the Immortal Treasure Pavilion. We can’t afford to provoke them!”
You were not someone who disregarded rules either, so you brought Bai Ruoxi along on foot.
“Wait, the entry fee is one thousand mid-grade spirit stones per person!” Just as you arrived at the city gate, two guards stepped forward and demanded the entry fee from you.
“These are the rules. Just pay it.” Bai Ruoxi whispered beside you, afraid you would start killing at the slightest disagreement.
“Just the entry fee alone. How much must they collect every day?” You thought to yourself, but your hands honestly took out two thousand mid-grade spirit stones and handed them to the guards.
“Mm, go on in. Remember, fighting is forbidden inside, and killing even more so!” The guard glanced at you and warned.
The guard sensed a thick murderous aura on you, the kind that only formed slowly after killing many people.
Just as you entered the city, you understood why the entry fee was one thousand mid-grade spirit stones.
The spiritual qi here was far denser than in the Five Great Sects!
Even an ordinary person, after staying here long enough, would probably automatically become a Qi Refining cultivator!
Looking at the cultivators coming and going, at the very least they were at Golden Core cultivation. Even Nascent Soul cultivators were not few. Only Spirit Transformation cultivators you had yet to see.
“I’ll take you to the teleportation formation. We should register early so we can get to Central State sooner.” Bai Ruoxi urged.
“There’s only one small teleportation formation here. It can only teleport one hundred people at a time. Until the group is full, the Immortal Treasure Pavilion won’t use it.” Afraid you would misunderstand, Bai Ruoxi explained to you.
You nodded, indicating you understood, and followed Bai Ruoxi quickly to the teleportation formation registration office.