Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal

Chapter 421 - 30: Infiltration!

Cuihu Mountain is located in the eastern part of the Chaotic Domain, approximately six to seven hundred thousand miles away from Jing Country.

At the foot of the mountain range is an eight-hundred-li lake, with water as green as jade, thus named Cuihu, and the adjoining mountain range has also been called Cuihu Mountain.

Many years ago, Jiang family’s ancestor at the late-stage Core Formation occupied the tier three middle-grade spirit vein here and founded the Jiang family.

It has been over six hundred years since then.

Unfortunately, after so many years, in the current generation, the Jiang family has only one core formation cultivator, Jiang Xiuying, and is only at the early stage.

Were it not for the family’s tier three middle-grade mountain protection array, it might have long been taken by others.

However, the Jiang family’s situation is not optimistic at this time.

Old Demon Yulu brought the surviving Jiang Wanning to Cuihu Mountain, directly breaking the grand array and capturing all Jiang family members,

using them to threaten Jiang Wanning.

However, as Old Demon is a peak core formation cultivator, he is focused on seeking the Nascent Soul, leaving Jiang Wanning under the watch of his only son, Master Hongyu,

while sending many disciples, including a core formation stage cultivator, to assist Master Hongyu.

At this time, the entire Jiang family is completely under Master Hongyu’s control.

He only waits until he reaches the peak of early-stage core formation, then, aided by Jiang Wanning’s power of Yin Essence, to break through to the middle stage in one fell swoop.

...

Inside a cave mansion on Cuihu Mountain, Jiang Wanning and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl sit facing each other.

This person is her younger sister, whom she specially requested to come over.

After all, as a disciple of Old Demon Yulu, a lustful demon, naturally, she is not a good person.

Although Jiang Wanning’s request has spared Jiang family’s female cultivators from much harm, many female cultivators from other surnames who took refuge in Jiang family have been turned into furnaces, perishing.

"Sister, what should we do? Granduncle Seven said that Sister Xu’s family was all killed!" The girl, full of worry, confided in her sister, who always seemed omnipotent.

Sister Xu, from the Xu family, is an affiliated family of the Jiang family, which also has a fake pill cultivator.

However, they have now fallen victim to Old Demon Yulu’s disciples, and the Sister Xu mentioned by the girl was also ravaged to death.

Jiang Wanning was stunned to hear this, her eyes showing a gloom, but soon she rallied and encouraged her sister:

"Wanruo, don’t worry, there will be a way. Our people have already gone to the Li and Zheng families for help, news will come soon!"

Li and Zheng families are cultivation clans in the Chaotic Domain, with true pill cultivators in the family. Li family ancestor’s cultivation is even at middle-stage core formation.

The two families are extremely close to the Jiang family, having intermarried for hundreds of years,

even Jiang Wanning’s mother hails from the Li family.

Though so, Jiang Wanning is well aware that under the pressure of Old Demon Yulu, these two families would not come to their aid.

After all, Old Demon Yulu is a peak core formation presence, a dominant force in the Chaotic Domain.

With outsiders unreliable, naturally, they can only rely on themselves.

Aside from the externally known characteristics of reducing bottlenecks and increasing breakthrough probability, the Purifying True Spirit Body has another ability little known.

After sacrificial refining of this spirit body, temporary next-realm strength can be attained.

For instance, with her current Foundation Establishment Peak cultivation, refining the Purifying True Spirit Body would allow three to four strikes of core formation cultivator strength.

During Master Hongyu’s collecting Yin Essence, use this method to ambush him.

At such close range, he’s likely to fall, the remaining demon cultivators would certainly be in chaos.

And the remaining Jiang family members could take this opportunity to escape, thus preserving some of the Jiang family’s bloodline,

"Sister, I understand!" The girl was indeed considerably relaxed.

...

Meanwhile, more than a thousand li away from Cuihu Mountain, a giant beast with a tiger’s head, leopard’s body, double wings, and sharp claws slowly flew over.

On its back, a white-robed man stood on the massive head of the Earth Element Beast, hands behind his back.

From afar, he gazed at the jade-like Cuihu on the plains, and further on, Cuihu Mountain rising from the ground.

"The scenery rivals that of my Wangchuan Lake," Zhou Xun commented.

Then, five hundred li away from Cuihu, he stored the Earth Element Beast into his spirit beast bag and proceeded from the ground.

Half an hour later, Zhou Xun arrived at the "Cuihu Market" at the foot of Cuihu Mountain.

As in the Eastern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, it’s common for cultivation families occupying famous mountains and rivers to establish markets near their territories,

to exchange for cultivation resources their families lack,

to gather popularity, recruit talents from loose cultivators, and expand the family’s strength,

and to increase the family’s wealth.

However, although Cuihu Market still appears to belong to the Jiang family, it is actually under the control of Old Demon Yulu’s disciples.

Called a market, Cuihu Market is considerable, about half the size of White Cloud Immortal City, only without tall walls around.

At the market entrance, eight guards with late-stage Qi Refining cultivation, along with a Foundation Establishment stage steward, stood.

Since Zhou Xun concealed his cultivation, when he approached, the guards stopped him,

"No entry without a market token!"

Having no choice, Zhou Xun spent a spirit stone to acquire a five-year market token from the steward.

After entering the city, Zhou Xun hired a guide and found the market center, a building known as "Cuihu Hall" where the steward elders reside.

Then, forming seals with his hands, he cast a concealing technique, instantly disappearing from sight.

With his current cultivation, unless faced directly by a core formation stage cultivator or someone with strong innate divine sense, he remains undetected.

So Zhou Xun walked straight into Cuihu Hall through the main gate, with the guards indeed oblivious.

Indeed, at the back of the main hall, Zhou Xun found the stewards currently kneeling, trembling under an old man in a black robe.

The old man’s cultivation was not low, at the late-stage Foundation Establishment tier.

At the moment, he was talking endlessly, enjoying such commanding air to the fullest.

Finally, amid their grateful praise, he took out a handful of red pills, distributing one to everyone below, then walked proudly into the rear hall.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun quietly followed, following the old man through a maze, arriving at a delicate two-story building.

Just as the old man took out a token to open the restricted door and was about to enter,

a faint thunder arc flashed before him,

and then,

the old man collapsed instantly, Zhou Xun extended his finger, unleashing a qi force through the back of his head, exiting his forehead, ending his life instantly.

Afterward, Zhou Xun waved his hand, storing the old man’s body into a storage bag, then with a mere thought, transformed into the shriveled old man,

even his aura was identical.

Seeing this, Zhou Xun was very satisfied, then left Cuihu Hall, heading towards the Jiang family territory at the back hill.