Research into Escape Techniques

The so-called Ten Great Loose Immortal are not only the strongest unorthodox Rogue Cultivator outside the three paths of righteousness, demonism, and Buddhism.

After all, there were older cultivators whose cultivation levels were similar to theirs, or even higher.

What truly made them famous Azure Mysterious Realm was that these ten cultivators had completed the cultivation of the "Rogue Cultivator Attainment," meaning they could Tribulation Breaking and ascend to immortality at any time.

The so-called "Rogue Cultivator Attainment" is the attainment of the Nascent Soul stage.

Because this realm does not have the Nascent Soul level, the so-called "Nascent Soul attainment" must be the Nascent Soul Great Perfection, or even a higher level than the Nascent Soul Great Perfection.

After all, even Perfect Golden Core from the Heavenly Gate would only be a sixth-grade Innate Great Pill here, so there are likely many Nascent Soul that are even higher than "Nascent Soul Great Perfection".

After all, the goal is to achieve Rainbow Transformation and ascend to immortality.

This "Old Bone-Dissolving Immortal" is one of the Ten Great Loose Immortal, and the only unorthodox cultivator among them.

In short, this old immortal is a cultist.

"It seems that the secluded cultivation place of this Old Bone-Dissolving Immortal is located in the mountains of the southwest of the Central Continent, and the Liang Kingdom is also located in the southwest."

"But I never expected that this Senior Brother Lu would be related to this Loose Immortal from another sect. What kind of relationship could they be? Father and son?"

"What exactly is this 'Bone-Dissolving Immortal Water'? It sounds incredibly potent based on its name."

In the Azure Mysterious Realm, revealing someone's true nature is a taboo, so after realizing he had spoken out of turn, Wei Du'e obediently followed behind the others.

After everyone left the sealed area, Yan Qing glanced at the pale-faced disciples, especially at the empty sword sheaths on their backs. He frowned at first, then comforted them:

"As long as everyone is alright."

That being said, sword cultivators cultivate their swords; once the sword is gone, it takes several years to recover its vitality.

Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, especially Wei Du'e, although greatly weakened, seemed to possess an even stronger sword intent, the Sword-Unleashing True Person felt somewhat relieved and couldn't help but say:

"What exactly happened? How could one of the eight Shadow Kings of the Shadow Devil Sect be trapped in this seal?"

Not only him, but even Lu Shuichan is somewhat affected.

As one of the five branches of the demonic path, the Shadow Devil Sect has always been mysterious and unpredictable. Its disciples are skilled at using shadows as their bodies and as their blades, and their whereabouts are elusive. They rarely reveal their true appearance to the world.

Among them, the eight Shadow Kings are all true high-ranking members of the Shadow Devil Sect, whose status is slightly higher than that of the Sword Master of the Divine Sword Sect Sword-Unleashing True Person Sect and the Three Mountains True Person of the Mysterious Peak Sect. In recent years, the only major event that has happened to the Shadow Devil Sect is that it fought a battle with another major sect of the demonic path, namely the Ten Thousand Laws Devil Cult, for unknown reasons. Then, they turned on each other and started fighting amongst themselves. Several powerful Law Power Kings were either killed or expelled from the demonic sect. The Solar Eclipse Shadow King was one of them.

It is said to involve the power transition between the old and new Old Devil lords.

But the sudden appearance of the already deceased "Solar Eclipse Shadow King" within the seal of Grand Gate Mountain is indeed unbelievable.

This news is especially important for the two major innate sects in the area.

Seeing everyone looking over, Wei Du'e sighed, didn't try to shift the blame, and honestly recounted how he and Hu Mang agreed to refine "Slay Ghost God," then sneaked into the sealed demon cave, first bumped into the remains of Loose Immortal, then saw the corpse of this "Solar Eclipse Shadow King," and after he slashed at it a few times with his flying sword, this demonic fellow resurrected and tried to open the Void Devil Path, and so on.

After hearing this, everyone's expressions were quite complicated.

Lu Shuichan asked in surprise:

"I've seen people who are impulsive, but I've never seen anyone as impulsive as you, actually trying to revive the demonic path. Luckily nothing bad happened, otherwise you would be dead."

Yan Qing's face darkened. Before he could speak, a mysterious light emanated from Lu Shuichan's body, and the four Mysterious Peak Sect members around him vanished, leaving only his loud laughter in mid-air.

"Once this matter is settled, the disciples of my Mysterious Peak Sect will take their leave. In any case, seeing such a delightful spectacle has certainly made the trip worthwhile."

Yan Qing's face darkened even more, but considering that his disciple had mastered the "Slay Ghost God Technique," he ultimately said nothing.

"Let's pack up, we're getting ready to leave too."

Just because a teacher can overlook something doesn't mean a female student can't.

Jiang Xueheng silently walked up to Wei Du'e and said:

"Senior brother, my precious sword was made from the ten-thousand-year-old Frost Crystal of the Nine Nether Ice Cavern. It was tempered using Secret Method for forty-nine days to form the sword shape, and then its edge was tempered by the Frost Qi of the Nine Heavens. It took me almost four years to complete it."

Wei Du'e's cheek twitched, and he forced a smile, "Although I don't have the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Fiend Crystal, I have an acquaintance in the North Pole Palace. Getting a piece of Thousand-Year Cold Iron is still possible. As for the sword-forging skills, I will naturally find a way to help you, Junior Sister."

Seeing this, the junior disciples around him gathered around, their eyes filled with complex emotions—a mixture of pleading and pity, a sense of entitlement mixed with demandingness. At this point, Wei Du'e's cheeks began to twitch, and even the corners of his eyes started to twitch.

Several days later, Hu Mang returned to the Mysterious Peak Sect, submitted his initiation mission, and officially became a member of the inner disciple.

There was no sense of ceremony, because Old Daoist Ge had disappeared again, and no one knew where he was.

As for Lu Shuichan, he acted as if nothing had happened, said hello, and then slipped away.

On the contrary, the little girl Xu Nuoning had somehow acquired a high-quality-looking sword on her back.

According to this senior brother Lu, he picked it up casually.

Is this the legendary treatment of Fortune Virtue True Body? It seems to be far superior to his pseudo-Sacred Body of Earth and Wood.

So Hu Mang bid farewell to his two outer sect disciples, exchanged communication talismans, and entered "seclusion mode" again.

He had originally intended to investigate the "void rift" that had caused his Divine Sense to surge, but after hesitating for a moment, he gave up on that plan.

Firstly, the evolution of the demonic path is ultimately a sensitive matter. Secondly, if, like last time, we were to travel to the lair of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil then be attacked by them, we would be doomed.

Before going into seclusion, he made a special trip to the Scripture Pavilion to scan through the Mysterious Peak Sect's escape Cultivation Method. He didn't know if it was because the Mysterious Peak Sect disciples all liked to burrow underground that there were so few of these techniques passed down, but after scanning through them, Hu Mang had a better understanding of the situation.

The mainstream escape techniques in this world involve using unique Secret Method to collect various Heavenly Gang Qi of Earth Sha from the world, and then refining them with various auxiliary materials. It is more akin to crafting magical artifacts than escape Law Treasure.

Some sects also have their own escape Cultivation Method, such as the Grand Pure One, Upper Pure One, and Jade Pure One escape techniques refined with the Qi of the Three Pure Ones of Daoism. These are Orthodox Mystic Gate escape techniques of the Xuanmen sect. Of course, this has nothing to do with their Tumu sect.

In addition, there are other escape techniques such as the Five Elements, Nine Palaces, and Eight Trigrams, which require a high level of expertise in numerology.

As for the Heavenly Gate, it's even less worth mentioning. It lacks the aura of heaven and earth, numerology, and rare and precious treasures; it's essentially a place with nothing.

However, it is precisely because of this that various types of flying magical Law Artifact have been developed, including large, medium and small ones. Not to mention Golden Core cultivators, even Nascent Spirit Transformation Nascent Soul Transformation cultivators use these kinds of transportation tools. There are also private flying magical Law Artifact specially designed for high-level cultivators, with dedicated flight lines that require approval.

So Hu Mang circled around and regretfully gave up his idea of practicing escape techniques in the near future.

At least wait until his senior brother returns. His senior brother is a genuine Daoist disciple, the kind who has entered the celestial register. He might even possess Orthodox Mystic Gate escape techniques. Wouldn't it be great to get some for free then?

So after Hu Mang went into seclusion, he promptly teleported back to Zheng Family Garden.

Then, just as the Martial Hall Master, Heavenly Blood Python, emerged from seclusion, he received some less-than-good news.

"Arrested? By whom? Master Bao of the Wanshun Sea Hall, that fat pig? Not a fat pig, but a flying pig? Pigs can fly over the sea?"

A branch of the Zheng Family Garden in Nanyang.

The humid, sticky heat, carrying the smells of seawater, tung oil, and tobacco, made one's chest feel heavy and stuffy.

The speaker spoke cautiously, as if raising his voice even slightly would allow the barges moored outside the wall and the spies patrolling in the shadows to hear him.

A large, heavy mahogany table stands across the center of the hall.

The seat closest to the shrine is the main seat, with wide armrests and a polished, shiny finish.

Hardwood armchairs were arranged in a row on both sides of the long table. According to custom, those were the seats for the alley owner, Bai Zhishan, and the heads of various docks.

However, all the seats were empty, except for the Hu Mang in the main seat who was tapping the armrest and raising his eyebrows to look at the person reporting to him across from him.

The warm, humid air seemed to freeze instantly, making the scent of sandalwood even more pronounced.

Sweat dripped from the face of the person opposite him, but he didn't dare wipe it away at all.

"Master Bao of the Wanshun Sea Hall, alright, I understand, you may leave."

The person reporting on the other end breathed a huge sigh of relief, almost collapsing from exhaustion.

After the other party left, Hu Mang flipped his palm, and three demonic tokens popped out from between his fingers and landed on the table, forming a perfect circle when put together.

The plan to arrest the remnants of the Holy Son Cult went relatively smoothly in its early stages.

With Old Man Min as their guide, his disciples and followers were captured one by one with almost no chance of fighting back.

The problem lies in the second half.

According to the other party, they were caught red-handed by the Wanshun Sea Hall people while they were arresting his eldest disciple and operating in the Sumatra.

The Old Man Min fought fiercely with three Golden Core cultivators, severely injuring them all, and is still in seclusion.

Several people from Zheng Family Garden were caught red-handed, including two who were test subjects for his underground Golden Core Elixir Project.

If that were all, it would be fine. Since ancient times, it has always been the younger brother who takes the blame for the older brother, not the older brother who cleans up the mess for the younger brother.

Once you lose a group of henchmen, you lose them; you can just hire another batch.

The problem is that this matter involves another smuggler in Zheng Family Garden, the Feng Haixiao who controls several smuggling routes in the area.

According to his subordinates' report, they were almost caught due to the other party's bizarre methods, but at the last moment, it was this smuggling boss who helped them.

As a result, they got out, but Boss Feng got arrested.