Chaos Indestructible Body

Before he knew it, the sky had darkened.

The Justice Bureau was brightly lit, and the main hall was steeped in solemnity.

A group of guards stood in neat formation on both sides, their expressions stern.

An Old Man with snowy white hair and beard sat in the seat of honor, frowning in thought.

"Father, the Granary has already been emptied by thieves. Didn't we work for the Justice Bureau for nothing?" a handsome young man asked.

"Wait until the Justice Bureau's people return," the Old Man said in a deep voice. "If they hid the items away, I'll let them know the price of deceiving me."

"If the items are truly lost, I still have a way to track them down. As for you, Hao'er, you must not be so rash in your dealings. Snatching meat from the Blood Moon Cult's mouth was somewhat unwise."

"Yes, Father! Your son shall heed your teachings!" Li Hao replied.

The Old Man was named Sun Daoya. He came from Black Mountain in the Western Continent and was also known as Old Man of Black Mountain.

His cultivation was at the Middle Golden Core realm, and he was quite renowned throughout the Western Continent.

In order to scheme for that suit of armor within Golden Horse City, they had secretly made a deal with the Justice Bureau, gathering evidence of collusion between the City Lord's Mansion and the Blood Moon Cult to report to the Dynasty.

Once the matter was done, the suit of armor hidden by the Justice Bureau would belong to them.

Not long after, the Bureau Chief hurried back with his men.

"Immortal, please forgive us! The situation has become clear. Three Granaries and five Money Houses have been nearly stripped bare."

"You mean our things are gone too?"

Sun Daoya's brows drew together, his expression turning exceedingly grim.

"Immortal, please calm your anger. We cannot bear all the blame for this either. The City Lord's Mansion used the Granary's Secret Key as a bargaining chip and let the people from the Green Pavilion Sect reap the benefit."

"Forget your things—even Golden Horse City's tax revenue for the past five years has been looted clean."

The Bureau Chief was so furious that he ground his teeth.

He had never imagined that disciples of the Green Pavilion Sect would engage in such dirty business.

Well, this was just perfect.

The City Lord's Mansion had been wiped out. Aside from an opportunity for promotion, he would gain almost no other benefits.

If he angered Daoist of Black Mountain again, he feared he would not even live through the night.

"Hmph!"

Seeing how pathetic he looked, Sun Daoya merely snorted coldly.

"Fine. This old man will recover the items himself... Don't forget what you promised me. I'll give you only three days to gather five thousand Spirit Stones."

"Thank you, Immortal! Thank you, Immortal! I will definitely gather the five thousand Spirit Stones for you."

The Bureau Chief thanked him repeatedly. Seeing that he would no longer pursue the matter, he finally let out a sigh of relief.

After leaving Golden Horse City,

Sun Daoya took out a sword sheath he had found in the Granary and cast a Tracking Art based on its aura. When he opened his eyes again, a black thread seemed to twist and wind endlessly before him.

"This boy headed southwest, toward Zigu. He did not return to the Green Pavilion Sect after all. Heaven is aiding me," he said calmly.

"Southwestern Zigu? I remember that it leads directly to the Shushui River. Could he be heading for Swallow Cloud City?"

Among the Thirteen Cities of the Western Continent, only Swallow Cloud City lay in the southwestern waterways. The fastest way to travel from Golden Horse City to Swallow Cloud City was through Zigu.

"Let's go. Hopefully, we can intercept and kill him in Zigu. If he enters Swallow Cloud City, it will become difficult for us to make a move."

"Alright. But... Father, there is something your son does not understand..."

Before he could finish, Sun Daoya said directly, "You want to ask about that armor?"

Sun Hao nodded.

For the sake of that so-called armor, father and son had spent an entire year working with the Justice Bureau while risking discovery by the Blood Moon Cult.

Yet Sun Daoya had never told him anything about the armor.

In other words, after hanging around with Dad for all these years, he did not even know what exactly he had been working toward.

In the end, the item had been stolen, and he had not even gotten a glimpse of it. Who would feel good about that?

"Fine, there is no harm in telling you. I did not tell you before because I feared you would be unable to keep your composure."

"It was a long time ago, around a hundred years back. At that time, your father was still an ordinary man on Black Mountain, scraping out a living by digging wild vegetables."

"During one trip down the mountain, I encountered two groups of cultivators fighting halfway up the slope. Their clash was extraordinarily fierce, and they nearly razed the entire mountaintop to the ground."

"Later, one side brought out some unknown treasure, and the entire Black Mountain was shrouded in Black Mist..."

"And then?" Sun Hao asked.

"Then they all died."

"Huh?"

"Yes. If your father had not run down the mountain beforehand... I probably would have been buried in there with them."

"After the Black Mist dispersed and I went back up the mountain, those two groups looked as though every drop of blood had been squeezed from them. Their bodies were pitch-black, except for one person wearing armor."

"He alone miraculously survived. Unfortunately, I was only thinking of making a fortune and ignored his pleas for help... After he died, I searched him and found a cultivation technique—the Wind Thunder True Scripture that you and I cultivate today."

"Now do you understand why I wanted the armor on him so badly?"

That was right. Thinking back on it now, that suit of armor must have been no ordinary item.

Otherwise, how could one explain that he alone had survived beneath the Black Mist?

However, he did not explain too much to his son. Part of what he had said was a lie.

That person had indeed not died at the time, and he had indeed called out to him for help.

But he had not stood by and watched. Instead, he had personally sent that man on his way.

Now that he was a righteous cultivator, speaking of the murder and plunder from his early years would probably damage his lofty image in his son's eyes.

Sun Hao suddenly understood.

No wonder Father cared so much about that suit of armor. The Wind Thunder True Scripture was not a product of the Heavenly Profound Continent. Those cultivators had most likely come from elsewhere.

The Wind Thunder True Scripture alone had allowed father and son to enter the ranks of cultivators. It was clear just how fucking formidable that group had been.

Unfortunately, before Sun Daoya could collect the treasures, people from Golden Horse City's City Lord's Mansion arrived at Black Mountain and cleaned up the battlefield.

Meanwhile, Yun Yao also cast a Tracking Art.

There were no fewer than a hundred Tracking Arts in the Cultivation World, but their underlying logic was largely similar: they all tracked lingering traces of aura.

Yun Yao was filled with Lin Heng's aura, inside and out. Catching him would be as easy as turning her hand over.

Of course, the effectiveness of a Tracking Art was affected by one's cultivation realm and the grade of the technique itself.

Breaking a Tracking Art was also simple. One only needed to refine one's aura anew.

Unfortunately, Lin Heng had been careless. He happily fled without considering so much.

In the original plot, not long after Ye Tian left Golden Horse City, he heard that Second Senior Sister Mu Liuxi had encountered trouble and specifically made a trip to Swallow Cloud City.

Swallow Cloud City · Mu Family.

That was Mu Liuxi's maternal family, a prominent lineage even across the entire Western Continent.

It was not that there were many people with the surname Mu, but that the Mu Family was almost entirely ruled by women, while the men were nearly all married into the family.

This time, Mu Liuxi had not participated in the sect mission because her maternal family had run into trouble, forcing her to return to Swallow Cloud City.

Lin Heng was going to Swallow Cloud City not only because of Mu Liuxi, but also to attend an Auction.

Anyone who knew that dogshit author's habits understood.

The protagonist always had absurd luck and stumbled into fortuitous encounters even while walking.

The female lead group flowed like water, but Auctions stood firm as iron.

Ding! Main quest completed!

Congratulations, Host, you have obtained a top-tier reward: Chaos Indestructible Body

Description: One of the Immortal Realm's ten great Immortal Bodies. It derives the Dao through the Five Elements and opens reincarnation through life and death, condensing an imperishable and indestructible body. If the Host cultivates the Chaos Indestructible Body to completion, the fleshly body shall be eternal, roaming freely across the Nine Heavens and the universe.

As the system notification sounded, Lin Heng clearly felt an inexplicable force descend into his body.

So this was the main quest reward!

The Chaos Indestructible Body sounded pretty damn awesome.

Lin Heng tried circulating the power within his body.

In an instant, vast and incomparably pure Immortal Essence surged through him, even transforming into a boundless starry sky within his dantian.