An Ancient Town Beyond Reach

"I have a magical artifact, I have it!"

A martial arts practitioner from the Eight Springs was overjoyed. He took off his magic weapon sword, and seeing Li Weiyi nod, he immediately ran away without looking back.

A martial arts practitioner from the Seven Springs Sect searched his pockets for a long time, then cried out, "I only have five hundred Spring Coin. Can anyone lend me some? Let me gather three thousand Spring Coin to buy my life. After I get out, I will take good care of your wife and daughters."

"Get lost! You only have five hundred Spring Coin? What are you thinking? I have two Blood Crystals, worth two thousand Spring Coin. Can anyone lend me some? We can't all die here, can we?"

"I have a Five Seas Pill. Can I use it to buy my life?"

Li Weiyi's eyes grew brighter; these martial artists at the peak of the Spring Realm had hidden quite a few valuable items. His expression remained cold as he calmly stated, "Anything of value can be bought with 300,000 Silver Coin or 3,000 Spring Coin. I'm a man of my word."

Everyone knows that borrowing money is never easy; it requires real ability.

Those who are powerful can choose not to repay their debts.

Soon, the four martial artists from the same faction were engaged in a fierce battle.

In the end, only one person survived. He gathered all the treasures and money bags together and delivered them to Li Weiyi before dragging his heavily injured body and limping away. Whether he would encounter the Departed Spirit Fiend or return to Yaoguan City alive was up to fate.

Li Weiyi smiled bitterly, "I just wanted to kill as few people as possible, but I didn't expect it to be even more brutal. How about we just rob everyone who escaped from here and release them all?"

"That's human nature. They'll do anything to survive. When they were hunting down the young martial artists of the Jiu Li Tribe, they never thought about how cruel they were. The Jiu Li Tribe had done them no harm!" Yao Yin's hatred was clearly stronger than Li Weiyi's.

"Alright, I'll leave the rest to you. The price will remain the same as always."

Li Weiyi glanced at Wang Daozhen in the distance and couldn't help but ask, "If you produce 100,000 Spring Coin, I might spare your life."

Wang Daozhen gritted his teeth and sneered, took two steps back, and then turned and rushed towards Yaoguan City.

As one martial artist at the Spring Realm after another returned, the situation here could no longer be concealed. No matter how unwilling or fearful he was, he had to rush back to report first.

If we can come up with a good solution, there might still be a way out.

Li Weiyi found a high, flat spot and sat down to meditate and heal his injuries.

Footsteps could be heard.

Another group of fleeing Peak Martial Cultivator from the Spring Realm arrived at the Five Seas Realm boundary, all of them excited, thinking they had finally escaped.

The nine leaders of the Jiu Li Tribe waited about a hundred miles from the Five Seas Realm, some meditating, some resting with their eyes closed, and some anxiously waiting.

For five days, only cultivators went in, but none returned.

This is so unusual!

Li Songlin paced back and forth on the two-zhang-wide dirt road along the river, his hands behind his back, and said, "I have a feeling something's wrong! It's been almost six days, how can there be no news at all? Just mobilize the army!"

Beast Li First Seat, "Perhaps it's because the internal space of Immortal Burial Town has expanded, resulting in the emergence of a large number of exotic herbs, which is why everyone is reluctant to come out and is busy collecting herbs."

Medicine Li First Seat, Yao Xingyue, "Sima Tan is strong, but he is ultimately just one person. Two fists can't fight four hands. Why don't you wait here, and Song Lin and I will go back to Yaoguan City to gather troops? If there is still no news after the ninth day, then forget about the rules and just send the troops in."

Pure white snowflakes fluttered down, creating a scene of serene beauty.

"Xingyue, you still have such a fiery temper. The Jiu Li Tribe has an army, so why don't my Sui Sect have one? Are the armies trained by the Three Chen Palace, Tianyi Gate, and Coffin Sea Pavilion just for show?"

The other party was still ten miles away.

The elegant and gentle voice seemed to whisper softly in the ears of each of the nine chief members. This level of skill was simply astonishing, and all nine chief members paled.

Yao Xingyue, the strongest among the nine chief warriors and arguably the chief warrior of the Nine Li tribes, looked extremely solemn. "He's become even stronger! Perhaps he really can achieve immortality at the age of sixty, just as the rumors say."

Half an hour later, the carriage of the Sui Sect Qian, the leader of Yao Qian, slowly approached amidst the swirling snow.

The road and the trees on both sides were covered with a layer of snow.

Silver Horned Deer pulled the chariot, which was unmanned and had its curtains tightly closed. The wheels left two black tracks as they rolled over the chariot, which stopped nine zhang away from the nine chieftains.

It means to show respect to each person as if they were a zhang (a unit of length), and to proceed with courtesy before resorting to force.

Yao Xingyue had already stood up from his meditation. "Even you have come in person, it seems that the actions of the Four Great Sects this time will be more intense than we anticipated."

Inside the car, Yao Qian's voice came out. "This battle was bound to come sooner or later, don't we all know that clearly?"

"But by cooperating with the Earth Wolf King Army, you are inviting wolves into your house. You must be well aware of the barbarian bandits' modus operandi of burning, killing, and looting," Yao Xingyue said.

Fourteen years ago, before the Four Great Sects showed their fangs, the relationship between the two sides was harmonious. Yao Xingyue and Yao Qian were even closer friends; at least, Yao Xingyue regarded Yao Qian as his best friend at that time.

Yao Qian said calmly, "The Jiu Li Tribe pays tribute to the Buddha's Crossing Bandits every year, showing their weakness and reliance on the bandits. Is that acceptable? Xingyue, its decay and outdated ways should be overthrown. What is needed in chaotic times is progress, not complacency. The process of success is not important. Whether it is by borrowing the power of the barbarian bandits or the power of the Demon Race, I am willing to pay any price. When I succeed, the disciples of the Sui Sect will write books and biographies for me, praising my achievements and passing them down through the ages."

Li Songlin sneered, "Yao Qian, you really are a master of sophistry! You want to build a lasting legacy, but I'm afraid your strength won't be enough to support your ambition, and you'll end up as a pawn in someone else's grand scheme. Everyone wants to become a dragon, but who is the real dragon?"

Artifact Li First Seat, was a man with Pure Immortal Body. He summoned seven swords that flew around him. "Why argue with him about right and wrong? Something must have happened in Immortal Burial Town. Let's attack together and kill him today. We must mobilize the army as soon as possible, or it will be too late!"

"Slay me? How could I have come alone?" Yao Qian said.

Rolling, ominous clouds surged from the wide Sui River.

The Demon Race chieftain of Tianya Ridge, with a colossal body as large as a mountain, strode across the river with overwhelming force, causing towering waves to surge. He laughed and said, "So many days have passed, and you're only just realizing what's happening? Is it already too late?"

The leaders of the Three Chen Palace, Tianyi Gate, Coffin Sea Pavilion appeared one after another.

The leader of the Three Chen Palace Guards was a woman in palace attire with Pure Immortal Body. She hovered in mid-air with an unbelievable aura, seemingly one with the space itself. She laughed, "Now, it's your turn to consider whether you'll all be slaughtered here!"

The nine leaders of the Jiu Li Tribe were all filled with dread. It wasn't that they were worried about the leaders of the Four Great Sects and Tianya Ridge actually daring to make a move here. After all, they also had their own backup plans, and if it really came down to a fight, none of them would come out on top.

Their concern was about the Immortal Burial Town.

It's been almost six days; what was bound to happen, has probably already happened.

Li Songlin was very worried about Cangli, Li Ling, and Li Weiyi, his eyes icy cold. "They want to keep us here, unable to go anywhere. Let's fight. Yao Qian was right about one thing: in chaotic times, we need to be enterprising, not complacent."

Suddenly.

A chaotic clatter of hooves erupted.

A procession carrying corpses was coming from the direction of Immortal Burial Town.

Wang Daozhen, alone, covered in wounds and utterly weak, rode on the sturdy horse at the front, arriving before the assembled officers.

"Bang!"

He fell sideways from his horse, struggling to support his severely injured body, and knelt down, weeping as he reported to Yao Qian, "Chief Jia... the sixth-generation descendant is dead, Yang Yun is dead, Chen Jingtang is dead, Master Liu is dead... We were attacked by two mysterious women, whose cultivation is unfathomable... cough cough, I only managed to survive by jumping into the boiling Sui River."

On his way back, Wang Daozhen had already killed and silenced the several martial artists at the Spring Realm who had seen him.

Wang Daozhen described the two mysterious women. "They fought fiercely and ruthlessly; they must be from the Jiu Li Hidden Gate."

"The sixth-generation descendant was killed by Sima Tan with three strikes. His strength was far greater than anyone imagined. He didn't even need a second strike to kill the Nine Springs Perfected Person. The powerhouses of the Spring Realm from the more than ten forces we allied with were routed. It's just a pity that I couldn't cross the Five Seas Realm boundary, otherwise I would have killed him with my own hands."

The news that Wang Daozhen brought back took all the team leaders present by surprise.

The Demon Race chieftain, enraged, laughed coldly, "First he killed the Dao Fire Ape, then he killed the seed of the hundred lineages of the Tianya Ridge Hundred Meridian Lines All Silver inheritors. Even if he has a powerful demon from the Ash Region of the Far West backing him up, I will still send him to ten different ways to die."

The Three Chen Palace could no longer laugh, not because they cared about the deaths of Chen Jingtang and the others, but because they felt they had lost face.

Yao Qian did not get out of the car, but he noticed several flaws in Wang Daozhen's words and sensed some clues on the corpses.

But at this moment, how could they possibly kill Wang Daozhen in anger, allowing the nine chieftains of the Jiu Li Tribe, who were already secretly delighted, to see them make fools of themselves?

He paused for a moment, then exclaimed, "Good, very good! The Jiu Li Hidden Gate has finally shown itself; our plan has succeeded! The battlefield at the Spring Realm is meaningless; the Five Seas Realm is the key. How are your injuries?"

Wang Daozhen hadn't expected that the usually astute Chief Armor would be fooled by him today. He hurriedly said, "It's alright... I... cough cough... I can still fight for the sect..."

Yao Qian really didn't want to look at it anymore. "In that case, you should hurry to the path of the Five Seas Realm cultivators and inform Qingxi and the others about the two women from the Jiu Li Hidden Gate."

There are some things that Wang Daozhen couldn't make up.

Yao Qian believed that there were indeed two mysterious and powerful women.

Regardless of whether they are from the Jiu Li Hidden Gate or not, it is worthwhile to take action and capture them.

After Wang Daozhen rode back to Immortal Burial Town, Beast Li First Seat looked at the long caravan and the corpses on the horses' backs, and finally couldn't help but burst into laughter. "I thought you had a deep plan and were well prepared, but I worried for nothing. It seems that your disciples in the Spring Realm suffered heavy casualties!"

Yao Qian calmly said, "If half of the Five Seas Realm martial artists from the Jiu Li Tribe return alive, it's not too late for you to laugh."

Li Weiyi had recovered from his injuries and looked at the various items piled up on the ground: Crimson Haze Exotic Medicine artifacts, blood crystals, pills, money bags... everything imaginable.

In the distance, corpses were piled up like a small mountain, all killed by each other in a fight over money.

These people all want to borrow money and not pay it back; they deserve to die.

Two hours have passed without any fugitives arriving, clearly indicating that this passive, wait-and-see approach to making money is unsustainable, unlike leeks which can be harvested again and again.

Li Weiyi said, "Thank you for your hard work! Pick out whatever catches your eye."

Yao Yin contributed a lot, and Li Weiyi wouldn't be stingy with her share.

He was never a stingy person; he just knew how to be frugal and cherish things.

Yao Yin gently shook her head and raised her palm. "May I have these silver Silver Thread Gloves?"

"You really know how to pick. Its value is probably more than all of this pile on the ground." Li Weiyi knew that many magical artifacts required the cultivation of the Five Seas Realm to unleash their true power.

Magical artifacts are originally intended for use by martial artists at the Five Seas Realm.

Yao Yin pouted her red lips, revealing a rare girlish demeanor, and said coquettishly, "I practice palm techniques, so these gloves are perfect for me. I don't want my palms to be pierced again in the future. If it really doesn't work, I'll buy them."

"Fine! I still owe you a large sum of blood crystals, consider it payment!"

Li Weiyi collected all the treasures and money on the ground into the Evil Camel Bell, took Yang Yun, whose limbs were broken, and together with Yao Yin, rode back quickly to the Jiu Li Tribe's martial arts camp.

From the camp of the Jiu Li Tribe's martial arts practitioners, one can see the Immortal Burial Town shrouded in celestial mist in the distance, with its earthen walls, blue tiles, and houses forming a forest.

They are about five or six miles apart.

In the town, a thick and bright pillar of light shot straight into the sky, illuminating all directions, and even the mist could not cover it. The celestial glow seemed to emanate from the pillar of light, or perhaps it was spreading out from the town itself.

Seeing Li Weiyi heading towards Immortal Burial Town, Yao Yin quickly caught up. "We can't reach Immortal Burial Town! From here, it seems we're only a few miles away, but if we go a little further, we'll enter a vast, otherworldly space, like Immortal Realm. It's as if the space here has been violently stretched; it's an ancient town that's impossible to reach."

Li Weiyi had already seen the unusual area of celestial mist ahead, where a layer of chaotic energy separated him from Immortal Burial Town.

"After passing through this barrier, will we enter the so-called Immortal Realm?" Li Weiyi asked curiously.

Yao Yin nodded. "But once inside, you might encounter martial artists at the Five Seas Realm, or even old monsters at the Dao Seed Realm. The Immortal Realm is chaotic, and martial artists of all realms are gathering herbs inside. Those at the Dao Seed Realm and Longevity Realm also have a path into the Immortal Realm, but it's in a different direction from the Spring Realm and Five Seas Realm."

Li Weiyi immediately dismissed the idea and temporarily suppressed her curiosity.

Anyway, the Jiu Li Tribe has plenty of martial arts practitioners who dare to risk going in to collect herbs, so they don't need him.

"The Mang Mountain Grand Sacrifice lasts for nine days. Once the time is up, don't rush back. The road back to Yaoguan City right now is probably very unsafe."

After giving this instruction, Li Weiyi found a place closest to Immortal Burial Town, took out the Spring Breaking Needle, and then absorbed the immortal energy to continue his attempt to break through to the tenth spring.

He didn't care if people knew he could absorb immortal essence; he wasn't necessarily the only martial artist capable of absorbing immortal essence.

After all, it can absorb so many medicinal herbs.

Half a month flew by.

Li Weiyi sat in meditation with his upper body exposed, every pore of his skin radiating celestial light. He was handsome and dashing, not Pure Immortal Body, but more like a true immortal cultivating in the mortal world.

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