Setting Out

"Since cultivators wouldn't encounter this, how did you know, senior?"

Zhenke realized what was happening, and her eyes lit up as she looked at Fang Zelin, filled with a sense of curiosity.

"Aren't you going to read the Historical Records of the Immortal Sects?"

Fang Zelin replied upon hearing this.

He knew about this thing from the Historical Records of the Immortal Sects.

Indeed, there is a page in one of the chapters that records this event.

It was a demon that one of my fellow cultivators encountered during his training; that demon had the same situation.

The wording is just slightly different.

"Historical Records of the Immortal Sects?"

Zhenke paused for a moment upon hearing this, then shook her head, her brows furrowing slightly.

"The most important things in the immortal sect were all told to me personally by my master, and he required me to remember them. As for the others, I don't know much about them."

"So naturally, I didn't read the Records of the Grand Historian much."

Indeed, many things have happened in the history of the immortal sects, and those who cultivate immortality are required to remember them.

Having studied so much, I naturally stopped reading the Records of the Grand Historian much.

Even when I watch, I only look at the important parts.

I see.

Fang Zelin seemed to understand slightly upon hearing this.

That's the difference between having a master and not having a master.

Fang Zelin has no master to guide him; he has cultivated himself to this point on his own.

I knew absolutely nothing about what happened on the Immortal Sect, so when I read the Records of the Grand Historian, I felt that there were many things in the Records that I needed to remember.

But I don't know which parts I need to memorize, so I can only read through them little by little.

These historical records were naturally quite interesting to Fang Zelin.

However, because of this, Fang Zelin also learned things he didn't know before.

"Many miscellaneous chapters in the immortal sects record a wide variety of contents. Although some are not very useful to read, one can still glean many useful cultivation methods from them."

"After all, these were all recorded by fellow Daoists from the past, and there are still many useful chapters."

Fang Zelin thought for a moment, then said something.

Upon hearing this, Zhenke immediately nodded, agreeing with Senior Fang's assessment.

Perhaps those miscellaneous writings contain cultivation methods recorded by figures like Senior Fang?

With that thought in mind, Zhenke immediately made up her mind that once she got back, she would definitely take out those chapters and read them carefully one by one.

"You should know how to get to Dinggui Mountain. These are the bodies of those two fellow Daoists; take them with you."

Fang Zelin used his "Sleeve Heaven and Earth Technique" to retrieve the bodies of his two fellow Daoists and then placed them in front of him.

I used a minor Law Technique earlier to prevent the bodies of my two fellow cultivators from decaying, but they still look incredibly pitiful.

Although he had seen it many times before, Fang Zelin still found it hard to bear watching it again.

Zhenke looked down at the two corpses, nodded slightly, and then put the bodies away.

"Senior Fang, shall I depart now?"

"Let's not delay, let's get going."

Fang Zelin nodded upon hearing this, indicating that Zhenke could set off.

Upon hearing this, Zhenke immediately nodded emphatically, and a small flying sword flew out from her sleeve.

Zhenke stepped onto her flying sword and quickly flew towards Dinggui Mountain.

Fang Zelin watched Zhenke fly away, then his eyes flickered slightly.

I wonder if these two fellow cultivators possessed something special that led them to such a deadly predicament.

As for the specifics, Zhenke will likely find out once she goes to Dinggui Mountain.

Next, he decided to go and see what kind of demon was plotting this.

"If you encounter any powerful demons, I'm sure you'd be able to slay them, right?"

Thinking of this, Fang Zelin couldn't help but reach out and touch Bearing the Heavens behind him.

Upon hearing Bearing the Heavens immediately buzzed, indicating that he was absolutely capable of slaying that demon.

Upon hearing this, Fang Zelin couldn't help but smile.

"Let's rest for the night up ahead, and then we'll go find that demon later."

The tree spirits didn't know where the fairy was before, so finding her now might be quite difficult.

However, if the other party makes any move, it will definitely leave a trace.

Finding this fairy should be relatively easy then.

"What did that guy on Pine Mountain say? Isn't he coming along?"

In a cave a hundred miles away from Pine Mountain, only the sound of dripping could be heard.

Then a muffled sound echoed through the cave, repeating several times before gradually fading away.

"Your Majesty, the tree demon on Pine Mountain has escaped."

Upon hearing this, the returning fairy trembled and then quickly spoke.

Even as it was mentioned, it couldn't help but feel a slight tremor in its heart.

This was something he hadn't expected; that old fellow from Pine Mountain had actually run away!

They've been cultivating on Pine Mountain for so long, how could they just run away like that?

"They ran away?"

Upon hearing this, a figure in the seat let out a cold snort, immediately causing the fairies below to tremble in fear.

"Fine, it's not your fault anyway, it's that old fellow from Pine Mountain who doesn't know what's good for him."

Upon seeing his subordinate's expression, the person in the seat immediately softened his tone.

These guys are indeed useful, and besides, they are also his subordinates, whom he will need to use to deal with those cultivators in the future.

You can't just kill every single one of your subordinates for doing a bad job.

If that's the case, some of his subordinates might develop disloyal thoughts, which would be bad.

Even if these guys are to die, their deaths should have some value.

"By the way, how's the situation in Great Qian? Have Great Qian cultivators come to Northern Liang?"

The person seated changed the subject, inquiring about the situation in the Great Qian Dynasty.

"I've heard that two cultivators from the Great Qian Dynasty have arrived, while the others seem to be in seclusion in the mountains."

Upon hearing this, the little demon below immediately breathed a sigh of relief and then quickly spoke up.

"Oh? Only two cultivators came? How could that be?"

Upon hearing this, the person seated looked puzzled. "Could the information be incorrect?"

"This was divined using the shell of the mythical iron tortoise, so it shouldn't be wrong."

Hearing this, the person sitting down nodded. If that was the case, the information should be correct.

However, these guys from Dinggui Mountain died such a miserable death, and their bodies were even dumped right at their doorstep.

In this situation, how come the other party hasn't been angered yet?

Those seated were puzzled, some not knowing what was going on.

Aren't cultivators all like brothers?

Even if it were cultivators from the Northern Liang, this matter should have provoked their anger. Why do the cultivators from the Great Qian seem so calm?

They only sent two cultivators to investigate the matter.

"Enough. Once all the cultivators of Northern Liang have perished, the cultivators of Great Qian will naturally become restless as well."