Betrayal

"Big business."

The middle-aged man examined the jade talisman handed to him by Gu Jinlai for a moment, then seemed to realize something. His pupils contracted, and he returned the jade talisman to him while solemnly replying, "Honored guest, please follow me."

After saying that, he led him directly to the third floor of the shop.

"Please wait a moment. We have already sent the message back to the Myriad Stars Sword Sect. True Immortal Qiuyu will be here soon."

The man said.

Gu Jinlai nodded.

He hoped that Qiu Yu Zhenxian could provide him with some useful information.

While the Gu Jinlai waited quietly in this Law Artifact shop, several auras converged and crisscrossed in the continuous mountains three thousand miles away from Star Sword City.

These auras originally belonged to the masters of various mountains. As they traversed the mountains, they spared no effort in expending their true essence. In just a dozen breaths, they had all landed in Qiu Yu Zhenxian's courtyard.

Among these people, besides Qiu Yu Zhenxian, there was also Ri Yi, the current sect leader of Wanxing Sword Sect and a peerless Zhenxian.

Yes!

Peerless Immortal!

Theoretically, the strongest true immortal is the ultimate that a true immortal can achieve, while the peerless true immortal often refers to a celestial immortal who has left the grotto-heaven.

However, there are a very few exceptional individuals who are able to break through the limits at the stage of supreme true immortals and enter the realm of peerless true immortals.

Riyi is one of them.

He had fortuitous opportunity back then, refining the corpse of a primordial deity into his body. His body contained the essence of the Heavenly Dao and possessed a trace of the power of a Celestial Lord, which allowed him to unleash power even stronger than that of a supreme True Immortal.

Such beings are, in a sense, equivalent to celestial beings.

"Did Zhao Xi's men send you the message?"

Sunlight Immortal inquired.

His expression was rather unpleasant.

After all, before this, they had already mobilized a huge amount of manpower and resources to conduct a thorough search inside and outside the sect, hoping to find out the spy who had infiltrated the Myriad Stars Sword Sect, but to no avail.

Just when they had given up, the spy came knocking on their door.

If it weren't for the fact that they had already turned Qiu Yu, the spy from the previous wave, against them, who knows what kind of disaster he would have caused.

"He has arrived at the location we arranged."

Qiu Yu Zhenxian nodded.

"Elder Qiuyu, you did a good job."

Riyi Zhenxian composed himself and forced a smile, "We will have a good talk with this 'Gu Jinlai' next. He is not a pure immortal, so he should be able to understand our philosophy better."

"There's no time to lose, let's set off as soon as possible. According to the information from Sui Mu and Zhen Tu, this Gu Jinlai should have the strength of a top-tier True Immortal. However, for safety's sake, we must treat him as a peak True Immortal. The Sect Master, the Second Elder, and I will take action together to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

Another elder then spoke up.

This is the Great Elder of the Myriad Stars Sword Sect, a True Immortal who possessed the combat power of a supreme True Immortal sixty years ago.

He had the opportunity to integrate his Dao Fruit into his grotto-heaven and become a Celestial Immortal, but because the Celestial Immortal Tai Bai was at a critical stage of his breakthrough and the sect lacked sufficient spiritual energy, he ultimately gave up the opportunity to become a Celestial Immortal and gave it to the Celestial Immortal Tai Bai, who had greater potential for growth.

Although his last breakthrough was aborted halfway, with the Taibai True Immortal personally bringing dozens of spirit crystals from the Immortal Kingdom over the past ten years, the conditions for him to become a Celestial Immortal are about to be met. It is estimated that he will break through again in the next thirty to fifty years and step into the Celestial Immortal realm.

"Star Sword City is the city of our Myriad Star Sword Sect. It is only a few thousand miles away from our sect's several grotto-heavens. For the Supreme Elders of the sect who are at the Heavenly Immortal level, a distance of several thousand miles is no different from their own doorstep. The projection of the grotto-heavens' power will not be reduced much. So what if there is even the strongest True Immortal in Gu Jinlai? Can they escape alive?"

The Second Elder had a relaxed smile on his face.

"That's true, but if we have to ask the Supreme Elder to take action personally, it would make us seem too useless. Therefore, it's best to set off as soon as possible."

True Immortal Riyi nodded, and glanced at True Immortal Qiuyu: "Please come with us, Lord Qiuyu, and try to see if you can persuade him as well."

Qiu Yu Zhenxian nodded.

She had mixed feelings about exposing this spy named "Gu Jinlai".

However, she quickly convinced herself.

The Demonic Beasts are too powerful. Even if the immortal kingdom were to exert all its strength, it would only be able to win the Blood Swamp Demon Abyss.

But now the entire Realm of Immortality has fallen. Even if the Demonic Beasts suffer a defeat in the Blood Abyss War, they can choose to make a comeback on other fronts.

Even...

They may have already secretly conceived other demonic abysses, and are about to expand the demonic abyss to the point of becoming a large demonic abyss.

After all, Cangming is not the only Devil Master in the Demon Realm.

As long as the Immortal Kingdom cannot achieve victory in the all-out war against the Immortal Realm, the war will not end.

Rather than letting the war between the Demon Realm and the Realm of Immortality continue indefinitely, it would be better to bring in the Myriad Star Sword Sect, use their power to crush the Demonic Beasts with overwhelming force, and then build a large number of grotto-heavens to nurture the Heavenly Dao within them, thus fundamentally blocking the possibility of the Demon Realm Demonic Spirit from the Demon Realm entering the Realm of Immortality.

In any case, both the Myriad Star Sword Sect and the Realm of Immortality belong to worlds ruled by humans.

Even the lineage of the Immortal Kingdom and the Mysterious Immortal Realm are essentially from the same source.

Techniques like those for creating grottoes and those for spiritual energy were all passed down from the realm of immortals.

Therefore, in Qiu Yuzhenxian's view, this was not a betrayal of the Longevity Realm or the Immortal Kingdom, but rather a way to bring powerful reinforcements to the Longevity Realm and end the war between the humans and Demonic Beasts, allowing the cultivators of the Longevity Realm and the Immortal Kingdom to return to their origins.

Everything she did was for the good of the Immortal Kingdom and the Realm of Immortality.

With this thought in mind, she and the three True Immortals quickly took off on their swords and descended towards Star Sword City like streaks of light.

However, just before arriving at Star Sword City, True Immortal Riyi thought of something and instructed the Second Elder: "Gu Jinlai is a top-tier True Immortal. If he stubbornly tries to resist to the end, although we can suppress him, it will inevitably cause great damage to Star Sword City. You go and activate the city's protective array to seal off the space where Gu Jinlai is located."

"Yes."

The Second Elder cupped his hands in greeting and quickly headed towards the City Lord Mansion.

Riyi Zhenxian also turned to Qiuyu Zhenxian: "You should see if you can persuade him to leave Xingjian City with words. We will stay behind you to avoid getting too close and alerting him."

"Good."

Qiu Yu Zhenxian nodded.

She took a single, seemingly insignificant step and entered Star Sword City, landing inside Law Artifact shop.

At this moment, Gu Jinlai in the Law Artifact shop was quietly waiting for the arrival of Qiu Yu Zhenxian.

"In the Myriad Stars Sword Sect, a True Immortal is equivalent to an Elder, and in terms of status, they are roughly equivalent to a Void Immortal in the Creation Sect... From this point of view, it can be seen that the power of the Myriad Stars Sword Sect is more than ten times, or even dozens of times, stronger than that of the Creation Sect... However, as the overlord of the Suspended Gold Path, the Myriad Stars Sword Sect governs the entire Suspended Gold Path, and its dominance is even stronger than that of the Heavenly Fire Sect over the Flame River Path. It is not surprising that it has such a scale, possessing the power of a Path."

Gu Jinlai, this has been associated with the significant role of the Void Immortal in the Creation Sect...

Unless they are direct descendants of Void Immortals, such as Ye Qingzhu and Yu Xu, they simply cannot access the most core information of the Creation Sect.

As a True Immortal who joined halfway through his training and was not cultivated by the Myriad Stars Sword Sect, even if Qiu Yuzhenxian possessed any important information, it probably wouldn't be very valuable.

Perhaps not even as good as the True Immortal of the Year Tree...

After all, outsider immortals are inherently rejected by the immortals of the sect.

"Um!?"

Thinking of this, Gu Jinlai suddenly frowned. "Wait! True Immortal Qiuyu has not been infiltrated into the Myriad Stars Sword Sect for very long. In addition, true immortals from outside the sect are usually rejected by the sect's own true immortals. How could he have gained their trust so quickly?"

For a moment, a vague doubt began to creep into his mind.

Before he could figure out the problem, the VIP room door was pushed open, and a beautiful figure walked in from outside.

She didn't speak, but instead took out a jade talisman that was also engraved with various patterns.

Gu Jinlai also took out the communication jade talisman that Zhao Xi had given him.

The two jade talismans resonated with each other upon contact, emitting a peculiar glow.

Seeing this, Gu Jinlai smiled slightly, "True Immortal Qiuyu?"

"It's me."

Qiu Yu Zhenxian nodded slightly. "Ancient Zhenxian?"

Although they knew of each other's existence, this was the first time they had met.

"No."

Gu Jinlai said directly, "My name is Jiang Yufeng. fortuitous opportunity chance, I saved Brother Gu Jinlai when I was out. He was seriously injured and asked me to come to you, saying that you have a way to help him and that you have something to give him."

"No?"

Qiu Yu Zhenxian was slightly taken aback, and for a moment she didn't know how to continue the conversation.

After a long while, she asked with some concern, "Then where are we now, in Gu Jinlai?"

"I've come to you to take True Immortal Qiuyu to where Brother Gu is. Please make arrangements to bring back plenty of useful healing pills, as well as the message you wish to convey."

This Gu Jinlai.

Qiu Yu Zhenxian looked at Gu Jinlai, seemingly trying to guess whether what he said was true or false.

And is his identity as Jiang Yufeng a disguise?

However, considering that the sect leader and the grand elder wanted her to bring "Gu Jinlai" outside the city, regardless of whether he was really Gu Jinlai or not, she should bring him outside the city first. The sect leader and the grand elder could decide what to do next.

Thinking of this, she quickly nodded. "The item is on me. We should leave the city now and find Gu Jinlai to avoid any accidents."

"Good."

Gu Jinlai, he gestured with his hand, saying, "You're more familiar with this area, so you can lead the way."

Qiu Yu Zhenxian nodded and quickly led Gu Jinlai of the city.

On the way out of the city, Gu Jinlai gradually activated his Star Child characteristics and began to "peep" at the changes in information around him.

However, being in Star Sword City, with its constant flow of people and a large number of cultivators, he didn't detect any useful information.

But after leaving Star Sword City, he keenly sensed two powerful auras appearing not far from him.

These two auras...

Without exception, they all reached the pinnacle of True Immortal.

Although Star Sword City serves as the gateway to the Myriad Star Sword Sect and boasts numerous powerful individuals, the Void Immortal is already the highest level one can encounter in the city on a daily basis; True Immortal...

These are two of the most powerful True Immortals; everyone knows there's something wrong with them.

Especially...

When he focused his senses on the two True Immortals and realized that they had left the city with him and Qiu Yu, he understood what was going on.

For a moment, the way he looked at Qiu Yu Zhenxian changed slightly.

"What's wrong?"

Qiu Yu Zhenxian seemed to have sensed something and asked a question.

"Nothing."

Considering that Star Sword City is too close to the Myriad Star Sword Sect, he said cautiously, "The reason why Brother Gu is seriously injured is because he has learned an extremely important piece of information. He said that something is wrong with it. He only wants to tell you this information, so let's hurry on our way and see Brother Gu as soon as possible."