Cultivation: From Menial Laborer to Immortal Venerable

The two figures, pulling their younger brother along, soared into the sky and quickly fled back the way they came.

"Erniu, you go meet up with your sister-in-law and Miss Lin first!"

After a brief instruction, Zhou Xun took out the Azure Light Shuttle, preparing to pursue.

The Wei brothers had always been his adversaries. Meeting them again today was the perfect opportunity to settle things.

Just then, a streak of white light shot out from the woods ahead. It moved with incredible speed, like a rainbow piercing the sun, and struck directly at the fleeing Wei brothers in mid-air.

A scream echoed, and the two instantly plummeted from the sky.

"Miss Lin!"

Zhou Xun thought to himself.

It seemed Lin Xueying had made her move.

Zhou Xun put away the Azure Light Shuttle and, along with Wang Erniu, rushed towards the location where the Wei brothers had fallen.

Beneath a tree large enough for one person to embrace, Wei Shangren clutched the body of a young man, his face filled with panic.

It turned out Lin Xueying's earlier strike had passed straight through Wei Shangli's chest and abdomen.

Coupled with the fall from dozens of feet high, even though he was a cultivator with a superior physique, he was now on the verge of death.

Seeing Zhou Xun and the others approach, Wei Shangren was utterly terrified.

He quickly prostrated himself, bowing repeatedly on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

"Brother Zhou, it was my fault, Wei Shangren. Spare me, spare my life, I'll do anything you ask!"

"Second brother, get up!" Wei Shangli said, his face filled with pain.

"It's survival of the fittest. How can a disciple of the Spirit Talisman Luo Family live in shame!" His voice was weak, but his tone was extremely firm.

"Spirit Talisman Luo Family!" Zhou Xun had naturally heard of them. Their fate was similar to the Lin Family; they were once a great Foundation Establishment clan but were destroyed decades ago.

"Big brother, I don't want to die!" Wei Shangren cried.

"Do you think they will let us live!" Wei Shangli gave a bitter smile and then closed his eyes, awaiting death.

Hearing this, Wei Shangren kowtowed even faster.

Zhou Xun had no desire to humiliate them any further.

With a wave of his hand, the Goldfly Twin Blades transformed into two afterimages, piercing the hearts of the Wei brothers respectively.

Wei Shangli, already near death, perished instantly from the blow.

Only Wei Shangren, unwilling to accept his fate, clutched his left chest with all his might, trying to stem the flow of life.

"Spare me!"

"Spare me!"

His voice grew weaker and weaker, his face filled with the unwillingness to die.

At this moment, the Miss Lin, supported by her cousin, also walked over.

"This man was quite a hero in his time!"

She had witnessed everything that had just transpired. Although Wei Shangli had led the pursuit against her, they were both acting in service of their respective masters.

"Indeed! His talent, intelligence, and schemes were all top-notch, but alas, he had an unworthy brother!"

Zhou Xun sighed.

He immediately took the storage pouches from the Wei brothers' waists, then waved his hand, creating a large pit in the ground and throwing their bodies into it.

With another wave, he covered everything with soil.

Thus, they were given a proper burial.

He then handed the storage pouches in his hand to Lin Xueying.

"If not for your rescue, Master Zhou, I fear I would not have survived. Please accept these two storage pouches, Master Zhou!"

Lin Xueying shook her head.

Zhou Xun didn't refuse and casually hung them on his waist.

Zhou Xun then returned to the cave to collect the spoils of war, taking the storage pouch from the person who had attacked them initially.

He then took out the Azure Light Shuttle, activated it, and jumped on.

Wang Erniu and his wife, holding their child, followed by Lin Xueying, boarded as well.

Once activated, the Azure Light Shuttle was about ten feet long, and the four adults and one child did not feel crowded standing on it.

With a spell cast, the Azure Light Shuttle transformed into a streak of green spiritual light and sped away.

They traveled five hundred miles before finding a mountain peak to land on.

The next day, after the group had finished their meditation and recovery, they began to share their experiences.

"After I left Danbao Pavilion that day, I passed by Master Zhou's residence and unfortunately, the Wei brothers recognized me. That's when they ambushed me!"

"We fought as we retreated, and were pursued all the way here!" Lin Xueying said slowly, her words conveying the peril of that day.

Hearing this, Zhou Xun glanced at Lin Xueying and sighed inwardly.

The Danbao Pavilion's route to the market exit didn't require passing by his home in Green Willow Alley. Yet, this woman, while fleeing for her life, hadn't forgotten to visit his residence.

Such deep affection and loyalty from a beauty, but alas, my heart is devoted to the Great Dao, and cannot be given to you!

"Big Brother, where should we go next?" Wang Erniu suddenly asked. With the immediate danger gone, a sense of bewilderment washed over him.

Now that the Lin Family had suffered a great calamity and Red Leaf Square was no longer a safe haven, he had no idea where to go from here.

"Yes, Big Brother, you decide!" Lin Xue'e chimed in, echoing Wang Erniu's words. She was an ordinary woman with no strong opinions of her own.

"What are Miss Lin's thoughts?" Zhou Xun asked, not answering directly, but instead looking towards Lin Xueying.

"Why don't we head to White Cloud Immortal City first? My Lin Family still has many clansmen and businesses there!" Lin Xueying stated her idea without hesitation, clearly having made plans beforehand.

"That sounds good. White Cloud Immortal City is a major cultivation city. It's best we go there first, rendezvous with the remaining members of the Lin Family, and then make further plans!" Zhou Xun nodded, agreeing with her suggestion.

They then set off towards White Cloud Immortal City.

The Hundred Savages Mountain range spanned several nations. The portion in Xu Nation was merely a branch of the larger range.

The part of the Hundred Savages Mountain near Red Leaf Square was at the tail end of the Xu Nation branch.

White Cloud Immortal City, on the other hand, was located in the southwestern section of the Xu Nation branch.

Therefore, White Cloud Immortal City lay to the northeast of Red Leaf Square, with a distance of tens of thousands of miles between them.

Three months later, four figures descended onto a small hilltop.

It was Zhou Xun, Lin Xueying, and the others.

When they first began their journey, the group feared being discovered by cultivators from the Wu Family, so they traveled only at night and rested during the day.

After they had traveled nearly ten thousand miles away from Red Leaf Square, they resumed normal travel.

However, they remained quite cautious, maintaining a steady, unhurried pace. Whenever their spiritual energy was depleted by more than half, they would stop to meditate and recover.

The journey had not been smooth.

They had encountered rogue cultivators twice.

Fortunately, their cultivation levels were not high, only Mid-Stage Qi Condensation. Under the combined efforts of Zhou Xun and Lin Xueying, they were killed on the spot.

Afterward, they quickly used the Azure Light Shuttle to escape.

Compared to rogue cultivators, the beasts along the way were even more dangerous.

They encountered low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade first-tier demonic beasts over ten times.

They even encountered a peak first-tier demonic beast once.

It was a Cloud Leopard, but fortunately, it had been attracted by a high-grade demonic beast and was too preoccupied to pay attention to Zhou Xun and the others. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for them to escape.

"We finally made it here, safe and sound!" Wang Erniu exclaimed, still shaken by the experience.

According to the map, their current location was only a few hundred miles from White Cloud Immortal City.

From here, they could occasionally see the escaping lights of cultivators streaking across the distant sky.

These were mostly Late-Stage Qi Condensation cultivators; ordinary Mid-Stage cultivators did not possess enough spiritual energy to pilot flying artifacts.

"Yes, I never imagined this journey would be so perilous. It's no wonder our elders always said that it's difficult for cultivators below Late-Stage Qi Condensation to cross to White Cloud Immortal City!" Lin Xue'e agreed wholeheartedly.

When cultivators from their Lin Family traveled to White Cloud Immortal City, they were usually led by several Late-Stage Qi Condensation cultivators.

However, it was also fortunate that they encountered these demonic beasts.

Otherwise, having fled in such haste without preparing Spirit Rice or Pigu Pills, food would have been a major problem.

Cultivators at the Qi Condensation stage had not yet reached the point of being able to abstain from eating.