Ninefold Spirit Body Art, a Body That Faked Its Death (Requesting Monthly Votes and Comments)

Earth Immortal Realm, within a fourth-tier secret realm—this place was a vast desert.

Above the desert, the blazing sun hung high, while golden dust storms raged across the land. Endless yellow sand stretched as far as the eye could see.

Three cultivators clad in Cold Silkworm robes walked side by side through the desert.

One of them was an old man. His small eyes were exceptionally bright, utterly mismatched with his outward appearance.

He bent down, scooped up a palmful of sand, and shook it a few times. A tiny Golden Cloud Crystal was revealed, and he slowly spoke with delight, "Young Friends Chen and Li, this is where the Golden Cloud Ants dwell. Although most Golden Cloud Ants are only second-tier insect beasts, and only a few ant generals reach the third tier, a fourth-tier ant king was born here. If we kill that ant king, the fourth-tier Golden Cloud Crystals will all be ours. The third-tier Golden Cloud Ants can also be raised and tamed—an immense boon for your sects!"

The other two traveling with him were a young man and woman.

Of course, neither was truly young. They were both over three hundred years old, but in the cultivation world, they were still considered to be in their prime.

They were two Golden Core cultivators from the Jade Transformation Sect, a subordinate sect of the Purple Sun Immortal Sect. Both had only recently formed their Golden Cores.

Their sect had likewise only recently become a fourth-tier sect.

The two regarded the old man with particular respect. After all, they had known this old man named Zhang Yun ever since entering the Earth Immortal Realm.

The old man had explained many of the Earth Immortal Realm's secrets to them and had even brought them here to seek treasure.