Chapter 259

The system spoke like a senior guiding them to sense the aura of this place.

Luo Li put away the Flying Boat, and the group landed nearly ten kilometers from the ancient buildings.

The system said, [Show some reverence. Walk there, and don't use Spiritual Power. There's definitely something good.]

Li Zi hesitated, then passed the system's words on to everyone.

They all nodded, withdrew their Spiritual Power, and walked forward step by step.

Sometimes Li Zi felt they listened to her a little too readily.

But she had no time to dwell on that. As she walked, she asked the system about the ruins.

The system sounded rather pleased with itself. [You've asked the right one. The book describes this place in detail. It's practically a village. Many, many Half-Immortals fell here, along with Mortal Immortals who couldn't return to the Immortal Realm for various reasons.]

Everyone listened closely.

Stories about Immortals?

The walk was slow and tedious.

Having the system share gossip made them rather glad for the chance to go on foot.

Li Zi said, [Go on, tell us!]

The system said, [The largest ruin here belonged to an Immortal named Fang Xingjun. He was born a Mortal, just a farmer. Later, a wealthy landowner seized his fields. Starving, he entered the forest and fought wild beasts for food. After escaping death several times, he awakened his Spiritual Root. He broke through each realm just as his lifespan was about to run out, all the way to the Mahayana Stage, before attempting Tribulation Transcendence to Immortality.]

[He was a man of iron resolve. Even when he was bullied and suppressed in the Sect, he never lost faith and trained relentlessly. But he failed to become an Immortal because, during Heart Refining, the Illusion Realm gave him another